Derry is to enter a yacht in the longest ocean race on the planet, it has been revealed.

A rescue operation was continuing tonight to recover four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed on to their yacht during a round-the-world race.

An operation to help four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed on to their yacht during a round-the-world race has been delayed.

THE Clipper yacht race stopover in Co Cork last year attracted more than 105,000 visitors and boosted the local economy by in excess of €5 million.

THE Irish entry in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, which hit a reef in the Java Sea off Indonesia on Friday, cannot be salvaged and will be lost to the sea.