AN IRISH trawler has been rammed by a Spanish fishing vessel amid growing tensions between Irish, French and Spanish fishermen.

A RUSSIAN man who sailed for up to five weeks around the Atlantic on a stolen yacht has applied for asylum after being rescued off the Irish coast.

The Naval Service appealed to small fishing boat owners today to join the search for the second of two men who drowned after saving a couple off the coast of Cork at the weekend.

THOUSANDS of sightseers were treated to a spectacular show this week as the Irish Naval Service continued its annual exercises off the southwest coast.

A naval search for three members of the same family missing in the Irish Sea was today set to enter a new stage.