ONE of the country’s most experienced and respected consultants spoke out last night about the importance of securing a co-location facility at Cork University Hospital.

A Government minister visited Wexford today to express his sympathies to the families of those bereaved in the Rising Sun tragedy as the search went on for the captain of the ship and a diver killed during the search operation.

THE future of an improved coast-guard service has been thrown into doubt as a busy regional airport prepares to axe more than 20 jobs.