Six teenagers had a lucky escape after being rescued from a homemade raft which was drifting out to sea in the early hours of yesterday.

The RNLI has issued a third warning to boat users in just a week about the importance of studying their charts and staying within navigation buoys after two people had to be rescued on Thursday night.

Two people aboard a 32-foot cruiser were rescued by Lough Derg Lifeboat last night.

An inquest heard yesterday of how a swim in the lakes of Killarney for two friends on a warm afternoon last summer ended in tragedy.