A pony was lost at sea this afternoon despite the best efforts of search and rescue services to recover the animal from the base of a cliff in Co Clare.

A "one in a million" ghost ship first spotted floating off the African coast six months ago has washed up onto rocks west of Ballycotton in Co Cork.

Three people were rescued from the water in Lough Derg yesterday afternoon.

The recent rescue of a trawler 20km north of Fanad Head in Co Donegal gave us a glimpse of the enormous seas that occasionally strike that part of the coast.

An RNLI crew in Cork are to be honoured for gallantry after they saved six lives.

A spokesperson for the Irish Coastguard has warned that gale force winds could impede the search for a missing fisherman off the south east coast this morning.

The alarm was raised at around 4pm when the man, who was part of a diving party, got into difficulty while diving in Drake’s Pool, a sheltered section of the Owenabue River, about 1km upstream from Crosshaven.

It is understood the men’s kayaks capsized in what have been described as "choppy waters". However, both managed to hold on to and stay with their craft.

The high-flying spectacular, which will feature jet displays and wing walkers, is expected to attract up to 100,000 spectators to Cork harbour when it does go ahead.

Both groups are reminding people not to swim alone and not to mix water sports and alcohol.

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As a result volunteers at 23 of the service’s 44 stations equipped with rigid inflatable boats and smaller D-Class boats couldn’t launch any rescue operations.

Latest: Five fishermen have been rescued after their boat lost power and was drifting in seas off the Donegal coast this afternoon.

The funeral of a young man who drowned off Arranmore Island in Donegal is to take place later.

Desperate members of a lifeboat crew tried to save the life of a colleague whose car slipped into the sea in a freak accident off the coast of Donegal.

A Status Yellow rainfall warning has been issued for five counties today.

The victim had been fishing with another man at Castle Point near Kilkee in the west of the county when the tragedy occurred at around 2.30pm.

Two divers are safe and well after going missing off the south Dublin coast.

The RNLI have rescued a group of divers in Donegal.

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A body, believed to be that of a fisherman who went missing off the coast of Cork earlier this week, has been located and is currently being brought ashore by the Naval services.

When an “explosion of a storm” tore its way through the Fastnet yacht race off the Irish coast 40 years ago, there were those among the survivors who could not speak about the experience for years.

Naval service divers are due to dive tomorrow on areas of interest identified in Dunmanus Bay as the search for the missing young fisherman feared drowned off Cork continues.

The wreckage of a boat has been discovered near the coastline in Dunmanus Bay.

Latest: A major search operation is underway in west Cork for a fisherman who failed to return home last night.

The daughter of a woman who vanished after attending a school reunion in Co Cork has said the search effort to recover her mother's body gave the family strength.

The sea and air search, which is being coordinated by Valentia Coast Guard coordination centre, was launched this evening when the lone fisherman, who had set off earlier today on a small potting boat, failed to return to shore.

Gardaí have confirmed that the body of Frankie Devlin has been recovered.

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Lorenzo may have passed, but the public has been cautioned the tail-end of the storm conditions continue to pose dangers, and those in coastal areas have been urged to remain vigilant.

A woman has been airlifted to safety after slipping on steep ground, at Balscadden, on Dublin's Howth Head.

Marine safety experts have warned of the dangers of carrying out alterations to boats without professional guidance following a report into the drowning of a lobster fisherman off the Co Galway coast last year.

The lifeboat in Castletownbere rescued a 24-metre fishing vessel yesterday afternoon.