190 tonnes of marine litter, including nets, plastic and wood was taken from the sea by Irish fishermen last year.

Shoppers have described the scene of the fire which caused extensive damage to Douglas Village Shopping Centre car park this evening.

YOU ON holiday? — a man out walking his dog asked, as we stepped out of the car on the quayside at Clifden.

AN Irish trade union inspector and his British colleague feared for their lives and were forced to barricade themselves and the Russian crew of a ship into a section of the vessel after a dispute with the ship’s owners.

WHILE others have been burning the midnight oil throughout the Tall Ships event, one man in particular won’t rest easy until the last of 86 vessel has disappeared from the horizon late on Saturday evening, sometime around 2pm.