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Hamish Harding’s friend Victor Vescovo, one of the world’s most accomplished deep sea pilots, told how the Brit was determined to go on the ill-fated expedition which saw all five men lose their lives

Chief among the four vessels returning to port today was the MV Polar Prince, the mothership that towed the doomed underwater vehicle into the Atlantic Ocean before its "catastrophic implosion"

In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland for more than 130 years this week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country's midlands collecting sun-dried turf.

After Ireland's hottest day in more than 130 years this week, small family groups made their way through the Bog of Allen in the country's Midlands to collect

In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland for more than 130 years last week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the countrys midlands collecting sun-dried turf.

In the aftermath of the hottest day in Ireland in more than 130 years last week, small family groups picked their way across the Bog of Allen in the country’s midlands collecting sun-dried turf. The briquettes of peat, which are liquorice black when hewn wet from the ground, had turned a toasted brown in the soaring temperatures and were ready to be stored and burnt as winter fuel. Yet the bog, like others across Ireland, has become a front line in a struggle to cut carbon emissions and conser...