Marine investigators have called for small fishing boats to carry rocket distress flares after a father and son perished at sea, it was revealed today.

With the Shell protests escalating, both sides agree the reappearance of the Solitaire vessel will be decisive, writes Scott Millar.

FORENSIC investigators are trying to establish the cause of a horrific road crash in which an off-duty garda and a teenager were killed.

Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy said today he was saddened by the deaths of one of his officers and a teenager in a horrific head-on car crash in north Mayo today.

Gardaí have named the man who died in a road accident in Co Donegal yesterday.

Nine people have been killed in road crashes on both sides of the border since Friday evening.

County Donegal trainer Ray McGlinchey hit the jackpot at Galway this evening as Incline came out best in a three-way photo to the €160,000 Tote Galway Mile European Breeders Fund Handicap.

An elderly man has died after an overnight fire at his home in Co Donegal.

Severe flooding in north Mayo has led to a landslide.

SEVEN people were killed in five separate accidents on another black weekend on the roads.