Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer was happy to switch to drama for a play in his hometown, writes Marjorie Brennan

The search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Wexford has been stood down for a third night and is set to resume tomorrow.

The search for missing fisherman Paddy Barry off the coast of Wexford has been called off for the evening.

The search is due to resume this morning for a missing fisherman off the coast of Wexford.

The search for a lobster fisherman, missing off the south east coast has been stood down for the night.

A search is underway off the south Wexford coast this afternoon for a lobster fisherman.

A 25-year-old diver has died in an incident near the Saltee islands off the Wexford coast.

A 25-year-old man has died in a diving accident off the Co Wexford coast today.

THE memory is barely a decade old yet it remains patchy and misty, shrouded in a veil of sadness and sorrow.

IT is a case of Sunnyside out, and sunnyside in, with this Kilmore Quay, Wexford thatched home, with a twist.

THE worst fears people had for wildlife on the Great Blasket Island have been realised, following confirmation that deadly mink have appeared on the island, off the Dingle Peninsula.

THE vigil continued on the pierside from first light.

IT BROUGHT a lump to my throat ...” my friend, a very expert and usually unsentimental bird watcher told me, as he recounted seeing swallows heading out over the sea at the start of their long trek to South Africa.

NAVAL service divers yesterday discovered the wreck of the Maggie B and began a survey of the vessel, which sank off the Wexford coast last March.

The body of missing fisherman Pat Colfer has not been found on the wreck of the Rising Sun, which was raised from the seabed off the coast of Co Wexford last night.

Salvage experts have succeeded in raising the wreck of the Rising Sun from the seabed off the coast of Co Wexford.

Divers are hoping to raise the wreck of the Rising Sun from the sea bed off the coast of Co Wexford today.

The Department of the Marine has decided to raise the wreck of the lobster boat that sank off the coast of Co Wexford last month, claiming the lives of two crew members.

The Coastguard and Naval Service are continuing to search for a lobster fisherman and a diver who have been missing off the Wexford coast since last week.

A massive search for a rescue diver and a fishing boat captain believed to have gone down with his vessel off the coast of Wexford was suspended tonight.

A massive search for a diver who went missing while looking for the lost captain of a lobster boat off the coast of Wexford resumed today amid bad weather conditions.

The Coastguard is this morning resuming its search for the skipper of a lobster boat that sank off the Wexford coast earlier this week.

Dive teams attempting to locate the skipper of a fishing boat which suddenly capsized off the Wexford coast tonight called off efforts to identify a sunken vessel.

Rescuers searching for a fisherman who has been missing off the coast of Wexford since last night have located what they believe to be his boat at the bottom of the sea.

A fisherman has died and another is still missing this morning following the sinking of their vessel off the Wexford coast last night.

TWO fishermen were miraculously plucked from the sea hours after their fishing boat sank off the Saltee Islands yesterday afternoon. A third man is still missing.

OUT on its own in terms of design and quality is this home in Coxtown, in the chic seaside town of Dunmore East, Co Waterford.