Castletownbere RNLI rescues stricken yacht 

Castletownbere lifeboat, Annette Hutton, was tasked at 8.10 p.m. and launched within ten minutes

Castletownbere’s RNLI came to the assistance of a yacht that had broken away from its mooring at Trafrask on the shores of the Beara peninsula in West Cork last night.

An eagle-eyed passerby raised the alarm shortly before 8.10pm after spotting the stricken yacht from the shore.