The owners of the UK-registered fishing vessel detained in West Cork almost a fortnight ago over a number of irregularities has reportedly agreed to pay €23,000 in wages owed to Indonesian crew members.

Indonesian crew members of the UK-registered ship detained in West Cork last week walked off the vessel last night and sought to be put up by Irish officials to enable them to plan for a journey hom.

Indonesian crew members of the UK-registered ship detained in West Cork last week walked off the vessel last night and sought to be put up by Irish officials to enable them to plan for a journey home.

It is believed two people had been on board.

A search is ongoing in the North Sea to trace a missing man who could not be found on board a rig.

Two fuel tanks have been "breached" on an oil rig carrying 280 tonnes of diesel that ran aground on the Western Isles.

A container ship which ran aground on a Scottish shoreline is now afloat on the water.

Salvage workers have boarded a car carrier which was deliberately stranded on a sandbank next to a busy shipping lane to prevent it from capsizing.

A car carrier which ran aground causing it to list heavily in a busy shipping lane is being assessed for stability before a salvage operation can be mounted.

But who's right? The girls-can-be-engineers toy startup or the no-music-in-ads hip-hoppers? It may be down to a judge to decide.

The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch rapped that he would not "sell my songs for no TV ad" and now his will shows that he wanted to make sure that held true after his death.

More than 40 people had to be rescued from homes and caravans today after serious floods hit west Wales.

The Beastie Boys recorded new music before the death of Adam "MCA" Yauch.

Beastie Boys rapper Mike Diamond (Mike D) has paid tribute to late bandmate Adam Yauch (MCA).

Beastie Boys star Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) has paid tribute to his late bandmate MCA (Adam Yauch) following his death.

A number of celebrities have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to Adam Yauch.

Beastie Boys star Adam Yauch has died.

Environmental officers are today working to safely remove 40,000 litres of fuel from a stricken cargo ship which ran aground in rough seas off the coast of Wales, sparking the rescue of seven crew members.

A DRIVER who was inside her car as it plunged over a cliff was rescued after she spent a night perched on the face of the 300ft precipice.

THE Cork to Swansea ferry has secured its safety certificate and will definitely make its maiden passenger voyage this week.

A secret cargo and not just timber may be on board a missing ship whose last known radio contact was with British Coastguards, it was suggested today.

An international maritime search was underway tonight for a missing cargo ship amid fears it was under the control of pirates as it passed through the English Channel.

Eight bodies have been recovered and another eight people are missing after a helicopter crashed in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland today.

The cargo ship Ice Prince – which was abandoned by its crew after she listed to 40 degrees off the Devon coast – has sunk, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) confirmed today.

Attempts will be made later today to take in tow a storm-hit cargo ship from which 20 crew were dramatically rescued in the Channel last night, said British coastguards.

British and Irish holidaymakers forced to abandon their cruise liner when it struck ice are expected to be flown to mainland South America today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there were four Irish people among 100 passengers forced to take to lifeboats today after their cruise liner hit ice and began taking on water in the Antarctic Ocean.

Explosives were yesterday used on a stricken container ship to try and split it in half so it can be removed from a World Heritage Coast.

The search resumed this morning for a man whose toddler son died after he was found floating in the English Channel last night, the coastguard said.

SCAVENGERS were continuing to defy the authorities last night as hundreds of people picked over wreckage from a beached container ship.

A search has begun for signs of pollution after 50 containers were thrown into the sea when a cargo ship beached off the coast of Devon in England.

The long-awaited folding of MCA Records into the Interscope Geffen A&M family began in earnest this week.

The Cranberries today announced that they have terminated the remainder of their recording contract with MCA Records, effective immediately.

British consumer watchdogs today called for an inquiry into a government agency’s handling of a complaint about advertising for a new contraceptive pill.

The number of people who have died after taking the anti-smoking drug Zyban has more than tripled in a year, according to British government figures published today.

A 3,000-tonne petrol tanker is to be towed to Falmouth in Cornwall once it has been freed from rocks where it was grounded eight days ago, the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency said today.

The crew of a German-owned cargo ship have been issued with oxygen masks following an explosion which created three deadly gasses, coastguards said.

A passenger ferry which sails between the UK and Ireland has been detained for the second time in three months after failing a safety check, the ferry company said today.

The search was resuming today for a diver who went missing as he explored a wreck yesterday afternoon, coastguards said.

Salvage experts were today attempting to remove 180 tonnes of oil from a cargo vessel which ran aground on rocks.

Part of Avonmouth docks was sealed off today after a container ship was found with damaged boxes containing a potentially lethal cocktail of chemicals.