Two adults and a child had to be rescued from a boat on Lough Derg after it ran aground and began to take on water.

The Irish Coast Guard raced to assist a cruise boat with four people on board after their vessel suffered engine trouble and its anchor line snapped yesterday afternoon.

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.