A father-of-three who drowned after a canoe capsized would have been leading a search and rescue if it had been someone else, those who knew him have said.

Four Limerick children have been orphaned following a drowning accident which claimed the life of their father.

A tragedy was narrowly averted last night when 35 people were rescued from Lough Derg after boat crews taking part in an international rowing event got into difficulty.

An increasingly desperate search for a father-of-one who went missing while kayaking on a lake in Kerry on Friday morning continued over the weekend.

A TRAGEDY on the scale of the 1979 Fastnet Race disaster was narrowly avoided last night after a yacht taking part in the famous race capsized 20km off Baltimore, Co Cork. (Click here to see a clip of the survivors talking about the rescue.)