Five sailors were rescued after two small craft capsized off the Cork coast in a major operation by the RNLI and Coast Guard.
The rescue, conducted off Capel Island near Ballymacoda in east Cork, involved the Waterford-based Coast Guard Rescue 117 helicopter, both the Youghal and Ballycotton RNLI lifeboats, the Naval Service patrol ship LE Samuel Beckett and the Irish Lights Vessel Granuaile.
It is understood the two small sailing vessels capsized around 3km offshore shortly after lunch on Monday.
Initial reports indicated that one vessel got into difficulty with a second capsizing as it attempted to come to its aid.