Great sadness has been expressed at the death of a church warden after a boat capsized on Sunday in Kenmare Bay, where two men were planning a duck shoot.

A father-of-three who drowned after a canoe capsized would have been leading a search and rescue if it had been someone else, those who knew him have said.

Television newsreader Andrea Catherwood married lawyer Gray Smith at a quiet ceremony in Ireland.

British and Irish Government representatives were attending a memorial service in Dublin today to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA murder of Britain’s ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart Biggs.