A man has been released from a US prison after serving more than three decades for crimes authorities now say he did not commit.

Tributes have been paid to a sailor killed after being swept into the Pacific ocean while competing in a global yacht race - the second Briton aboard the same boat to die during this edition of the competition.

The Shannon based Irish Coast Guard helicopter has been forced to abandon the search for a sailor reported to have fallen overboard from a trawler in the North Atlantic.

An 82-year-old sailor has been rescued from the North Sea, following a long operation by the UK and Norwegian coastguard.

Eoin Corkery lost his left hand and could easily have lost his life but for a series of speedy responses from those involved in his rescue on the evening of June 9, 2012.