"HANG on to those, Gran. I’ll be back in a minute."

THE FAMILIES of two men who drowned in an heroic sea rescue called yesterday for improved lifeguard cover and more safety signs on the beach where their loved ones lost their lives.

The West Cork Coroner has paid tribute to the heroic efforts of two Cork men who drowned in a rescue attempt last September.

“NOT only did I lose my brother; I lost my best friend, my idol.”

THEY cut short a tour of America last week to help search for his body — and last night they accompanied him as he began his final journey.

THE body of a student who drowned in a tragic sea rescue last Sunday was recovered yesterday, close to where the people he helped save were washed ashore.

AT a deserted inlet at West Cork’s Owenahincha Beach yesterday afternoon, five-year-old Niamh Twomey laid a make-shift cross at the spot where the body of Jonathan Herlihy was found hours earlier.

A body, believed to be that of Jonathan Herlihy, has been recovered from a beach in west Cork.

The search for 22-year-old Jonathan Herlihy is underway again in West Cork this morning.

A SPECIAL bank account was opened yesterday to help expand the search for Jonathan Herlihy as his parents wait for the sea to give up their son’s body.

FULL of joy and love and smiling right up to the moment he became a hero.

Boat owners from as far away as Dundalk have offered their services to help end the agony for the Herlihy family desperate to find their missing son, Jonathan.

THOUSANDS of mourners last night accompanied a man who died in a sea rescue tragedy, last weekend, on his final journey.

PEOPLE leading the search for the body of the student who drowned saving two swimmers appealed last night for more volunteers and boats. The full-scale sea, shore and cliff search for the body of Jonathan Herlihy will enter its sixth day today along the West Cork coast.

THE heartbroken fiancée of one of two brave men who drowned saving two swimmers, is praying for the recovery of the second victim.

THE father of a man lost at sea pleaded with people last night not to judge the couple whose decision to swim in rough sea conditions on Sunday led to a rescue attempt that cost his son his life.

The Naval Service appealed to small fishing boat owners today to join the search for the second of two men who drowned after saving a couple off the coast of Cork at the weekend.

Rescuers in Co Cork are continuing to search for the body of a man who drowned while saving the lives of two swimmers near Clonakility on Sunday.

The search for two men missing off the coast of West Cork will resume again this morning.

FOR one family the mourning can begin — for another family, the agonising wait goes on.