The alarm was raised at around 4pm when the man, who was part of a diving party, got into difficulty while diving in Drake’s Pool, a sheltered section of the Owenabue River, about 1km upstream from Crosshaven.

Two men went on trial at Cork District Court yesterday on charges arising from an investigation of alleged use of illegal migrant workers in the fishing industry.

Carrying the name of one of the most famous yachts to ever sail out of Crosshaven in Cork, the bar the Moonduster Inn is due a sale rendezvous at the next Allsops auction early December.