A roundup of today's other regional news in brief
Body of student taken from Lee
Gardaí in Cork have confirmed that a body recovered from the river Lee in Cork city yesterday afternoon was that of missing student Brian Ó Tuama.
An arts student at University College Cork, Mr Ó Tuama (19), from Ballyvourney, had been missing since November 12th.
Up to 500 volunteers had joined gardaí in searching the city quays while a team of Naval Service divers had searched both channels of the river.
The body was taken from the water near Kennedy Quay yesterday afternoon and brought to Cork University Hospital.
Warning to cruise hire operators
THE MARINE Casualty Investigation Board has said cruise operators should ensure that people hiring craft are “fully conversant” with all aspects of control and manoeuvring vessels, writes Lorna Siggins, Marine Correspondent.
It was commenting on its investigation into the crash of an Emerald Star Line cruise vessel into a jetty at Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, which holed the vessel’s hull and resulted in one passenger sustaining back injuries.
The Camlin Star set off from Portumna, Co Galway, on April 6th, 2007, with eight people on board. The report says that on April 9th, the crew attempted a change-over from cabin control to bridge control at an “inappropriate time”, when the vessel was too close to the jetty.
The report says training appears to have been insufficient, particularly in the use of critical equipment by those hiring the craft. It says the Emerald Star check list should “specifically highlight the procedure for changing from bridge control to cabin control and vice versa”.
Five Killybegs skippers in court
TWENTY-ONE trawler skippers who operate out of Killybegs or who use the port face charges of breaching EU and Irish laws five years ago, Donegal District Court was told yesterday.
Five skippers who are accused of 80 charges of under-reporting catches and making false log entries were in court to have a date fixed for the book of evidence. Prosecutions were brought by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The summonses were adjourned to January 25th.
Two charged with growing cannabis
Two men charged in connection with running a cannabis-growing factory at a farmhouse in Luffany, Carrigeen, Co Kilkenny were in court yesterday.
Dominic Boyle (33) and John Roche (25), both of Luffany, were brought before Waterford District Court. Both are charged with cannabis cultivation. Mr Boyle is also charged with possession of the drug and possession with intent to sell or supply.
Mr Boyle was remanded in custody, while Mr Roche got bail. They are to appear in court again on December 1st.