Two separate boating tragedies that claimed the lives of three men on a single day last August could have been avoided if proper precautions had been taken.

A body has been recovered in the water off West Cork this afternoon.

Funerals will be held today for two men who died when their fishing boat sank off the coast of Co Clare on Monday.

The two fishermen who died side-by-side when their fishing boat mysteriously sank earlier this week will be buried following separate funerals today.

The bodies of two fishermen were recovered from the sea in Co Clare yesterday after their boat mysteriously sank on Monday evening.