The owner of a trawler which sank off the North Coast with the loss of his father and uncle has hit out at the Dublin-based authorities over what he claimed was their failure to carry out a proper inquiry into the tragedy.

The search for five seamen missing in the Irish Sea will resume today, involving the Waterford and Dublin-based helicopters and UK rescue teams.

The international crew of a fishing boat that sank off the south west coast of Ireland could not speak a common language, accident investigators said today.

THE British Marine Accident Investigation Branch will not take any part in the inquiry into how a Cork registered boat sank off the Wexford coast in 2006 claiming two lives.

A POLISH crew member of a Norfolk Lines ferry yesterday died from severe leg injuries sustained last week when a mooring line smashed into him in Dublin Port last week.

A man has been found dead after a ship caught fire in a North Sea port, emergency services said today.