Boating tragedy: Deaths highlight treacherous seas

The deaths of three men on a fishing trip in south Kerry reveal, once again, how treacherous the seas around our coast can be, even close to shore and in conditions that may be challenging, but not treacherous.

It is a tragic postscript to a fine summer, weather-wise, but to a difficult one in terms of lives lost in Irish seas, rivers, and lakes. The total, so far, is more than 50, most of them young or middle-aged men.