An investigation has been launched into the sinking of a “pristine” trawler off the Wexford coast.

A fishing trawler caught fire and sank to the bottom of the sea during the making of a TG4 documentary.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded after a 51-year-old fisherman on board a vessel in West Cork lost his life following an accident involving a trawler door.

A fisherman is suing a fish farm for damage he alleges was done to his trawler as a result of an impact between the vessel's hull and nylon rope used in the farming operation.

Indonesian crew members of the UK-registered ship detained in West Cork last week walked off the vessel last night and sought to be put up by Irish officials to enable them to plan for a journey home.

The Government is being urged to crack down on some Irish trawler owners who are reportedly treating migrant fishermen 'like slaves'.

France's top judicial court has definitively confirmed a decision to close the case of a French trawler that sank more than a decade ago off the British coast, killing five people.

The search for a fisherman who fell overboard from a trawler in the North Atlantic yesterday has been stood down.

A second fisherman has died after being overcome by fumes while working on a trawler in Killybegs, Co Donegal, on Monday.

The Minister for Transport Martin Cullen is seeking tenders to raise two fishing vessels which sank off the southeast coast in the past year, it emerged this afternoon.

There are growing concerns that a boat that was abandoned in Dingle Harbour last night could cause serious pollution.

Nine of the ten Spanish fishermen winched to safety last night have been released from Tralee general hospital.

The body of the remaining crewman from the sunken German trawler has been recovered and the search called off.

Five bodies have now been found by rescuers searching for the crew of a sunken fishing trawler in the Atlantic.

Rescuers searching for the crew of a sunken fishing trawler in the Atlantic have found a further two bodies.

Rescuers searching for seven crewmen missing in the north Atlantic have picked up a survivor who spent more than 12 hours in the icy water.

The Irish rescue helicopter based at Shannon has joined the search for seven crewmen missing in the Atlantic.

An international rescue operation is continuing off the Donegal coast for seven men missing after their trawler sank.

Seven people are feared dead after a trawler sank off the Donegal coast.