A 14-year-old girl yesterday recounted the moment when she saw her father attempt to rescue her brother and her brother’s girlfriend when a freak wave swept them out to sea, only for all three to lose their lives.

Leading Classic contenders Air Force Blue, Hit It A Bomb and Minding were among those to work after racing at the Curragh as Aidan O’Brien put 50 horses through their paces.

This West Cork home with gorgeous sea views is sure to attract plenty of interest, writes Tommy Barker. 

French furniture house of Roche Bobois have just launched their autumn winter collection. 

The mother of a student who has been missing since he was swept into the sea at Baltimore, Co Cork, last week has made an emotional appeal for more divers to help find her son and “bring him back”.

Search and recovery teams looking for missing Barry Davis Ryan hope that an improvement in weather conditions this week will lead to a breakthrough in their efforts.

An appeal has been issued for experienced divers to join searches for the last victim of last week’s wave tragedy off West Cork.

Large crowds attended a prayer service for Baltimore drowning victim Niamh O’Connor at her family home last night.

The family of Clodagh Cogley has thanked people for their support as she recovers from horrendous injuries; Chinese puzzled over plan to move 5.5m Hong Kong residents to Derry; The chairman of the Revenue Commission has revealed that it uses Google Maps to help establish the value of houses. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

The first of the victims of Tuesday’s triple drowning will be laid to rest tomorrow with the funeral of Cork student Niamh O’Connor.

The walk up the hill to the imposing Beacon landmark in Baltimore can be a challenging climb at the best of times.

The search for missing student Barry Davis Ryan will continue this morning, as a doctor on the scene of Tuesday’s tragedy praised the “valiant” and “phenomenal” efforts of rescue teams who took Barry Ryan Sr and Niamh O’Connor from the sea near Baltimore.

THE barometers used by the fishermen of old would have told you, if you needed telling in the first place.

From a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California, to slaughter in Tunisia and now to an horrific accident in West Cork, unspeakable tragedy has visited our shores over the past few weeks.

A father and his son’s girlfriend were swept to their deaths in a freak shore accident in West Cork last night.

A freak accident took place in Baltimore this evening in which 2 people died and another is missing.

Two people are dead and a major search is underway for a third after a freak shore accident in West Cork this evening.

Former Rehab CEO Angela Kerins was assailed by “a pack of parliamentary vultures” when the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was investigating state funding of the organisation, her lawyer told the High Court yesterday.

Author Eoin Colfer said he and his family are considering their position in relation to the death of his father, who died from internal bleeding one week after an operation to remove his gall bladder.

IN Ringarogy, the peace and quiet of another era still reigns. The houses may be modern or modernised but on the lanes one rarely sees a car. There are few human artefacts to distract us from nature. Once, almost 800 people lived here; now, there are about 70. I can think of few more pleasant walks.

Ante-post favourite Strong Suit is a surprising absentee from the final declarations for Saturday’s Betfair Celebration Mile at Goodwood.

PLANNING permission for a Beacon private children’s hospital is to be welcomed.

TWO men who went sea fishing in freezing conditions without basic survival gear were lucky to escape with their lives after their boat was swept out to sea.

THE Enterprise Minister has defended his stance against plans for a €250 million private co-location hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital.

An inquest jury in the UK heard today how 16-year-old Daniel Greening managed to survive a plane crash which killed four others.

THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has been paying for the use of cancer facilities at the private Beacon Hospital in south Dublin after a key piece of equipment at a public hospital in the capital broke down.

Mr Dinos is “very sore” after his run in the Ascot Gold Cup at the Royal meeting on Thursday.

IT is not so much the house, more the site and the location that might justify the asking price close to €1 million which attaches to Ard na Greine.

FRONT–RUNNING tactics paid off for Silent Native as he held off Golden Beacon in an exciting finish to the Powerstown Handicap Hurdle at Clonmel last evening.