The search for a fisherman missing off the Galway coast has been called off until tomorrow due to adverse weather conditions.

A Spanish trawler was detained off the Galway coast last night for alleged breaches of fishing regulations.

The family of a 62-year-old American rower missing in the Atlantic Ocean are today continuing a privately-funded search off the west coast of Ireland.

Rescue teams have resumed an extensive search of the Galway coast this morning for a man who fell into the sea last night.