A "one in a million" ghost ship first spotted floating off the African coast six months ago has washed up onto rocks west of Ballycotton in Co Cork.

Two fishermen were cleared yesterday of charges to bring illegal migrant workers into Ireland to work on trawlers in what the State claimed was a “calculated scam”.

The lifeboat in an east Cork fishing village where Rory Gallagher found inspiration for one of his best-loved songs will benefit from the sale of an amplifier that travelled the globe with the blues guitar legend.