A FATHER and son who ran a pleasure cruise in the US on which an Irish student drowned failed to call the coastguard for almost an hour after she fell overboard.

The father and son operators of a Cape Cod charter boat have admitted to the manslaughter of an Irish student who fell through a broken railing on their craft and drowned.

A FATHER and son accused of the manslaughter of an Irish student in the United States have won a temporary stay on their trial after convincing a court to consider dismissing all charges against them on a technicality.

A FATHER and son have denied manslaughter charges arising from the death of an Irish student who drowned after falling from their cruise boat in the US.