Descendants of those who died in the Titanic disaster 100 years ago are expected in Cobh, Co Cork, this afternoon after setting sail on a memorial cruise to the site of the wreck.

A cruise recreating the voyage of the Titanic sets sail today with the exact same number of passengers on board as the famous liner that sank on its maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg.

CORK firm Cubic Telecom has signed a €10 million deal with the international charity organisation, the Mission to Seafarers.

THE State was criticised yesterday for allowing four Pakistani crewmen to remain abandoned on board a trawler which has been detained at a mooring off a Cork port for almost two months.