The Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat crew were called out twice to rescue stricken trawlers in the space of 24 hours.

Last night a 60-foot fishing vessel which got into difficulties with five crew on board, two miles off the Seven Heads coastline, was brought to safety.

The latest incident this afternoon involved a 55-foot fishing vessel that encountered difficulties just two miles south of the Old Head of Kinsale in West Cork.

Courtmacsherry Lifeboat press officer Vincent O'Donovan said conditions were poor:

At 8.45pm yesterday evening, the crew also received a call that a large dog had fallen off the high cliffs at File Na Mho. The lifeboat crew succeeded in rescuing the Rhodesian Ridgeback, which was reunited with its owner back at shore.