The crew of the Crosshaven RNLI were tasked to assist a 39’ yacht on passage from the UK to Crosshaven at 9.45pm yesterday evening.

A search will resume off Wicklow's Arklow coastline at first light this morning for a man who fell overboard from a local fishing boat yesterday morning.

Irish naval vessel the LÉ Niamh has rescued 256 migrants in the Mediterranean.