It took grit and a relentless training regimen for the Beirnes to win Ireland’s Fittest Family, says Áilín Quinlan.

The widow of the drowned skipper of the Tit Bonhomme trawler has bought a new vessel and named it after their youngest daughter.

The family of the skipper who drowned along with four of his crew off the South-West coast have pleaded with authorities to make technology available which would pinpoint fishermen lost at sea.