The family of Kevin Kershaw, who died on his first ever fishing trip when the Tit Bonhomme trawler went down off the Cork coast in January, has settled a High Court action for damages for €40,000.

The crumbling wreck of the Tit Bonhomme was barely visible to relatives who revisited the tragic site at Adam Island yesterday.

LARGE crowds are expected today at the Co Waterford home of Michael Hayes as they pay their last respects to the skipper of the trawler Tit Bonhomme.

Fishermen could be offered grants to buy personal distress and location beacons under proposals being considered by Marine Minister Simon Coveney.

Fishermen could be off-ered grants to buy personal distress and location beacons under proposals being considered by the marine minister, Simon Coveney.

Tens of thousands of euro has been lodged in a trust fund set up to help the families of trawlermen who drowned when the Tit Bonhomme sank off the Cork coast.

There were emotional scenes as hundreds attended the removal of the youngest victim of the sinking of the trawler Tit Bonhomme, which hits rocks off the South-West coast.

The Coast Guard helicopter hovered low over Glandore Bay as a ninth day of searching revealed no trace of two missing fishermen.

THE survivor of the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme was yesterday granted a heartfelt wish — to send his brother’s body home to his family.

The survivor of the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme and a daughter of missing skipper Michael Hayes lay five bouquets of roses in the water at Union Hall pier last night, one for each life lost.

FARMERS, the self-employed, nurses who’ve just finished a night shift, retired and off-duty gardaí are all to be found in the midst of the search for the missing fishermen at Glandore Bay.

Navy divers have accessed the wreck of the Tit Bonhomme for the first time since the trawler sank in a storm on Sunday morning.

The mother of Egyptian fisherman Attia Shaban, whose body was recovered yesterday following the Tit Bonhomme tragedy, died shortly before her son.

AS closure came for some of those waiting on the quays for five long days, the anguish went on for others.

THERE were angry and emotional scenes on the quayside in the West Cork fishing village of Union Hall yesterday as a crowd of Egyptian men demanded to know why their ambassador had not come to assist them.

THE only surviving fisherman from a trawler sunk off the south-west coast believes the five other crewmen’s bodies are still within the submerged vessel.