A man is understood to be in critical condition in Cork University Hospital last night after he and two other men tried to swim from an island off the west Cork coast back to the mainland after their boat capsized.

Little Clarissa McCarthy was laid to rest in a single coffin in the arms of her devoted father who had carried the 3-year-old into the pitch-black waters of West Cork earlier in the week.

Community in mourning as a father and daughter are laid to rest, says Eddie Cassidy in Schull

A long letter found in his family home is understood to have outlined the extreme anguish Martin McCarthy was experiencing in the hours before he ended both his own life and that of his daughter.

Martin McCarthy and his daughter Clarissa will be laid to rest today, writes Eddie Cassidy

A father drowned his 3-year-old daughter before killing himself in an apparent murder-suicide as his marriage broke down, detectives believe.

The father and daughter recovered from the sea near Ballydehob in the early hours of this morning have been named locally.

The west Cork village of Ballydehob is in shock today after the discovery of the bodies of a man and his young daughter, who was to turn four in May, according to the Evening Echo in Cork.

Gardaí are investigating after the bodies of a man in his 50s and his three-year-old daughter were found in West Cork overnight.

Gardaí have not ruled out foul play in the deaths of a father and his three-year-old daughter in west Cork. However, it is understood they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the tragedy.

The body of a man and his three-year-old daughter have been recovered from the sea in west Cork.

THE West Cork market is about to come out of its seasonal slumbers, and auctioneer Martin Swanton of Ballydehob believes that the auguries are good as he brings a €1.1 million Ballydehob offering to market.