With Father’s Day approaching this Sunday, CHRIS DUNNE talks to a Corkman who loves spending quality time on the water with his son

Two Britons were reported to be missing after the vessel sank in the Red Sea off Egypt.

Shannon Goss was only married a year when she was playing ball with students in the sea at Templetown beach when the piece of jewellery along with her wedding ring flew off her fingers into the water.

The Bayesian was moored around half-a-mile off the coast of Porticello when it sank at around 5am local time on Monday.

Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah are among six tourists missing after the yacht was battered during intense storms off the coast of Palermo.

The alarm was raised at age West in Co Cork at 2pm on Thursday, before a body was recovered from the water at 4pm.

The Coast Guard and Gardaí were involved in a sea rescue operation initiated at Ballycroneen Beach in Cloyne

The former EastEnders star had considered a mission to the Titanic shipwreck for a documentary.

It comes as the US Navy said they heard a sound on Sunday that was consistent with an implosion in the area of where the submersible was found.

The Hollywood director said there were many in the deep-sea submersible engineering community who had been ‘deeply concerned’ about the vessel.

The Coast Guard brought three people from the water.

The series follows 15 celebrities who are “whisked away from their hectic everyday life to a tranquil bed and breakfast” set against the backdrop of the Causeway Coast

Former engers sent in their holiday snaps for the digital exhibition.

Cork grown Sanctuary Runners is launching a new first-of-its-kind initiative to bring locals together with refugees and migrants, through open sea swimming.

A young child was also injured in a fall near Doolin and a swimmer was rescued in Lough Derg in a busy day for emergency services.

Lions Mane jellyfish, which can inflict severe stings, have been spotted at numerous Dublin beaches

An exhibition in Cork marries the work of a talented photographer and an equally talented visual artist. DAVID FORSYTHE finds out how it came about, and discovers the duo want people to know about the marine life on our shores

China has described the US’s rejection of its maritime claims in the South China Sea as completely unjustified and accused America of attempting to sow discord between China and the Southeast Asian countries with which it has territorial disputes.

The Chinese government has accused the US of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting t exercises with two American aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway.