The drowning of three brothers who were fishing off Co Waterford has prompted one of the world’s top endurance swimmers to undertake a non-stop swim from Ireland to Wales to raise funds for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

The people of Passage East have always gone to sea, but yesterday all they could do was think about the boat that failed to come home.

Investigations are continuing this afternoon into what caused a fishing vessel to sink off the coast of Waterford yesterday - killing three brothers.

Post-mortems will be carried out today on the bodies of three brothers who drowned when their fishing vessel overturned at sea.

An investigation has been launched following a tragedy off the coast of County Waterford that claimed the lives of three brothers.