Search to resume today for missing fisherman

Searches are due to resume today for a man whose small fishing boat was found drifting off the Cork coast last night.

The alarm was raised around 7.30pm when concerns mounted in the coastal village of Schull about an “overdue vessel”.

An elderly fisherman, who is believed to be from the Schull area and who it is understood had set out from Schull alone in a small punt around 2pm, had failed to return.