The parish priest of Portnoo in Co Donegal has expressed shock at the deaths of two young boys during Superstorm Sandy on Staten Island in New York.

An air-and-sea search was continuing for a yachtsman today after an accident which claimed the lives of three of his crewmates.

The names of the three people who died in the yachting accident in Dublin Bay last night have been released.

The man who was pulled from the wreckage of the yacht in Dublin Bay last night has been named as Philip Daly.