Grounded Astrid 'should not have been at sea' - Report

Route planning for a historic tall ship which sank with more than 30 people on board appeared to more concerned with photo-ops than safety, a damning marine investigation has found.

A review of the grounding of an historic tall ship which sank off west Cork with more than 30 people on board has found a catalogue of failures and breaches of international regulations in the running of the ship, highlighting poor route planning before it set sail past the Sovereign islands.

Thirty passengers and crew