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

MILITARY police are awaiting the all-clear from engineers before examining a historic building that was gutted by fire at the naval service headquarters in Co Cork.

THE Irish navy is set to make history next month when it will count foreigners among its ranks.

TWO brothers are set to make history when they each take command of Irish naval service vessels.

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 crew of a trawler got an unwelcome catch yesterday when they scooped up an unstable World War II German mine, which was capable of sinking a large ship.

REPORTS that the missing Honeydew II had been located off the south-east coast at Ardmore were refuted yesterday and as light faded last night there was still no firm indication as to the stricken Kinsale vessel’s whereabouts.

NAVY efforts to locate the wreckage of stricken trawler the Honeydew II and its two missing crew members have been described as ‘terrible’ by one of the missing skipper’s friends.

Navy divers have managed to locate the wreckage of one the trawlers, which sank off the south-east coast last week.

The coastal communities devastated after two trawlers sank without trace off southern Ireland united in prayer today as the search continued for a second day.