“BIG seas, strong winds but a beautiful coastline” is how one diary entry describes the experiences of the team that is set to make history as the first to swim around the entire country.

A rescue effort has been launched off the coast of Mayo to aid an injured trawler crewman.

The body of a 50-year-old man who fell overboard from his yacht off the Mayo coast last night has been recovered.

A full search resumes this morning for an Englishman who was washed overboard his yacht off the coast of Mayo last night.

A post mortem is due to be carried out on a decomposed torso recovered from the Co Mayo coastline.