A fourth man was today arrested in connection with a €107m seizure of cocaine off the Cork coast, gardaí have confirmed.

Gardaí have been given more time to question one of the three men arrested over the massive cocaine haul recovered off the Cork coast earlier this week.

Gardaí have arrested another two men in connection with this week's massive cocaine seizure off the coast of Co Cork.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has confirmed in the Dáil that yesterday's drugs seizure off the Mizen Head peninsula in Cork was worth well in excess of €100m.

Gardaí were tonight poised to arrest an English man recovering in hospital who is believed to hold vital information about a botched €105m cocaine smuggling ring.

Navy divers have found another bale of cocaine floating in the sea between Mizen Head and Three Castles Head.

A search operation is continuing off the south-west coast following what is being described as the biggest-ever cocaine seizure in Ireland.

Customs officials believe they have made the largest drugs seizure in the history of the state.

Dozens of suspicious packages have been pulled from the sea where rescuers are searching for a man missing off the west Cork coast this afternoon.

A major search is underway off the west Cork coast for a man who was on a dinghy that capsized around mile offshore.