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.

Kedge Island is unpopulated but is home to a myriad of seabirds.

Former Fastnet lighthouse keeper Gerald Butler is due to represent fellow Irish light keepers at a memorial service for 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race on the Isle of Wight this evening.

Sunday Sovereign was the star turn at Tipperary, the youngster enhancing his reputation with another deeply impressive display.

The Flat season is not long under way but already, Mark Gallagher is making a claim to providing one of the outstanding narratives of the campaign.

Baltimore RNLI carried out a medical evacuation last night from Sherkin Island off the coast of Baltimore, West Cork.

The volunteers of the Baltimore lifeboat have been very busy over the past four days.

A 14-year-old girl yesterday recounted the moment when she saw her father attempt to rescue her brother and her brother’s girlfriend when a freak wave swept them out to sea, only for all three to lose their lives.

Rescuers have evacuated a fishing crew from their stricken vessel despite treacherous weather conditions off the Cork coast.

THE barometers used by the fishermen of old would have told you, if you needed telling in the first place.

A father and his son’s girlfriend were swept to their deaths in a freak shore accident in West Cork last night.

The three sailors in their 60s and 70s were clinging to the side of their boat when they saw an island come into view.

The 30 tonne fin whale beached in a West Cork harbour must be left to die naturally, according to dolphin and whale experts.

They have knocked at the provincial title door for years and made a successful attempt at the start of another tilt at Munster in the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

Limerick 2-12 Waterford 0-7

The season’s leading riders, Wayne Lordan and Pat Smullen, moved onto the 20 winner mark when hitting the target early in Dundalk last night.

TRAIN Of Thought, a costly failure at Limerick first time up this season, is given the benefit of the doubt in the Follow Dundalk On Facebook Maiden on the all-weather tonight.

Less than 50 paying customers turned out at sun-splashed Fraher Field, Dungarvan, yesterday for this final round tie.

Flares burned and horns sounded as one of Ireland’s busiest lifeboat crews sailed their new hi-tech vessel into its new harbour home yesterday.

WATERFORD manager John Owens vowed to get over the loss of the O’Gorman brothers and set a Munster final as a target for his players following yesterday’s loss to IT Tralee at Carriganore.

SOME of the world’s top professional sailors have hailed as heroes the volunteer Irish lifeboat crew and emergency services that helped save their lives on Monday night.

IT was a scene of devastation six weeks ago but the Gaelic Grounds are once again feeling like home for the Limerick footballers.

Limerick 0-14 Waterford 0-9

Conor Phelan has been brought into the Waterford team for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier clash with Limerick.

Cillian O'Keeffe and Paul Whyte have been named in the Waterford attack for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier against London.

THEY spent yesterday afternoon in Páirc Uí Chaoimh but Cork’s footballers had subconsciously drifted to another stadium long before the finish of yesterday’s Munster SFC semi-final stroll against Waterford.

Cork 5-17 Waterford 2-8

The drowning of a Swiss tourist when a boat capsized carrying 10 men was at the centre of a probe by marine accident investigators tonight.

IT WAS the image that flashed around the world — a lifeboat crew fishing bales of cocaine from mountainous seas in a remote west Cork bay.

A FORMER American Navy SEAL who retired to West Cork died from a combination of drowning and heart failure while diving alone last summer, an inquest heard yesterday.

A STONE monument commemorating the 15 people who lost their lives in the ill-fated Fastnet race of 1979 was unveiled on Cape Clear yesterday.