Two fishing vessels were detained by the Irish Naval Service and escorted into Dunmore East this morning.

Following last weekend’s victory for Crosshaven’s Peter McCann in Kinsale at the ISA Junior All-Ireland Sailing Championships, attention switches to Dun Laoghaire this morning where Anthony O’Leary is set to defend his 2014 title at the National Yacht Club.

ANNE Doyle is guest host for the Lighthouse Keepers’ Global Gathering, a three-day programme of lectures, fireworks and music, which kicks off today at Hook Lighthouse in Co Wexford. The former RTÉ newsreader has been enchanted with lighthouses since childhood.

A GROWING awareness of the value of our wetlands has become noticeable, often for practical reasons given that they act as water purifiers and play a vital role in flood control.

SATURDAY

THERE are arguments, sometimes heated arguments, over the claim to be the second-largest river in Ireland.

A search that was being carried out in Co Waterford has been declared a hoax.

A search operation is ongoing in Waterford Harbour this afternoon for two men feared to have fallen into the water this morning.

Fingal Gets Gold: Congratulations to Fingal Ferguson of Gubbeen Farmhouse Products Ltd. on winning a gold medal at the Great Taste Awards 2007 for his delicious chorizo sausage. www.gubbeen.co.

A search is underway in Waterford Harbour for a fisherman who fell overboard from his vessel last night.

THE bewildered response of officialdom to the reported finding of a dead swan in Co Waterford does not inspire confidence in Ireland’s preparedness to cope with the threat of bird flu.

FISHERMEN protesting against new EU rules are to converge in Waterford this morning in a massive show of dissatisfaction.

WHO better to hold his first solo exhibition ahead of the arrival of the Tall Ships into Waterford next month than a man who lives by the sea and works on it every week.

THE south of the country is set to be lashed by severe storms today and tomorrow as the country experiences the worst bout of bad weather so far this year.

A man has been taken to hospital with head injuries after being rescued off the Waterford Coast.

TRANSIT times between one of the country’s key ports and the Netherlands is to be significantly cut, following the launch of a new container ship yesterday.

A ship surveyor was appointed today to assess how a boat sank leading to the deaths of four men and a boy, including three generations of the same family, amid growing indications that a faulty water pump caused the fishing trip tragedy.

Accident investigators were today examining a fishing boat in a bid to establish how it sank with the loss of five lives, including three generations of one family.