Waterford

The people of Passage East have always gone to sea, but yesterday all they could do was think about the boat that failed to come home.

Post-mortems will be carried out today on the bodies of three brothers who drowned when their fishing vessel overturned at sea.

The recovery of a missing fisherman’s body more than a month after he was lost at sea has brought bittersweet relief to his heartbroken family and friends, rescuers said.

The family of a fisherman missing off the south-east coast face another agonising night after the search operation had to be suspended.

An air and sea search resumed today for a fisherman missing off the south east coast after his boat overturned.

A LIFELONG fisherman who celebrated his 64th birthday on December 30 is feared drowned after the small boat he was fishing on sank off the south-east coast at Duncannon, Co Wexford, yesterday morning.

The search for a missing fisherman off the south east coast has been called off for the night.

Navy divers are due to join air and sea teams tomorrow in the search for a fisherman feared drowned off the south east coast after his boat sank.

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Four people died in separate accidents over the weekend - two of them in accidents involving motorcycles.

THE world of GAA is in mourning after the death of Meath county minor star Liam Tolan, one of two deaths on Irish roads in a single day.

A teenager has been killed in a car crash in Meath, while a pedestrian is critically ill in hospital after he was hit by a car in Stillorgan, south Dublin.

A teenager has been killed and a pedestrian is in a serious condition in hospital following separate road collisions in Meath and Dublin.

NEW Phase survived a serious final flight blunder to justify hefty support in the Corporate Hospitality At Fairyhouse Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.

NEW Phase survived a serious final flight blunder to justify hefty support in the Corporate Hospitality At Fairyhouse Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Hundreds of locals have today mounted a protest against the use of Passage East in Co Waterford as an access point for a car ferry to Co Wexford.

PAT HUGHES, who hadn't visited the winner's enclosure since early November, broke his duck in dramatic style when 20-1 shot Point Barrow landed the biggest prize in National Hunt racing in Ireland, the Powers' Whiskey Grand National at Fairyhouse yesterday.

GARDAÍ in Kilmore Quay in Wexford have taken possession of the diving gear which Billy O’Connor used when he embarked on a fatal search for the remains of missing skipper, Pat Colfer, 10 days ago.

WHEN the remains of missing diver Billy O’Connor were brought ashore on Saturday, the 150 people who had gathered on Kilmore Quay applauded. The hero had finally returned home.

Navy divers today resumed their search for the body of the skipper of the Rising Sun boat, which sank off Co Wexford nearly two weeks ago.

A TRAWLER skipper was so drunk at the helm he zigzagged his way across a harbour and narrowly avoided ploughing into a main fuel supply line at Ireland’s only refinery.