Irish families devastated by the anti-nausea drug were awarded a maximum of £21,000. It was never enough, they tell Helen O’Callaghan

THEY lost their first yacht after striking a reef in the Java Sea, they capsized 3,200 kilometres off the American coast, and they have sailed through the teeth of wild Pacific storms.

KINSALE is in party mood this weekend after its Clipper Carnival kicked off yesterday.

A SAILOR on the Irish entry in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, which was abandoned after hitting a reef, said she and her crew-mates will be back on a Cork boat by the time the race arrives Ireland this summer.

HAVING been delayed for a day because of unsuitable weather conditions, a major sailing event got underway with a huge splash of colour in Tralee Bay yesterday.