Surfer survives eight hours amid 4m waves along Atlantic coast

Windsurfer Lorenzo Cubeddu may have been on the water along the west coast for up to eight hours before he managed to come ashore in Co Clare.

Lorenzo, who lives near Ballybunion, set off at about 2pm on Sunday and was last seen at 4pm , but it was only reported at 11pm that he had come ashore 25 nautical miles away in Kilkee.