Windsurfer Lorenzo Cubeddu may have been on the water along the west coast for up to eight hours before he managed to come ashore in Co Clare.

A Chinese tourist fishing off the rocks at Kerry Head was still missing last night after he was swept into the sea in the afternoon.

The Shannon Marine Rescue Helicopter and Fenit Lifeboat, in Kerry, were involved in the dramatic rescue of a trawler that went on fire off loop Head last night.