The crew of a vessel, fishing off the Cork coast, had a lucky escape yesterday morning as they were forced to abandon their trawler when it began taking on water
The fishing vessel with a crew of 11 on board was fishing 60 miles south west off the Mizen Head when it got into difficulty
The crew raised the alarm and emergency services including a rescue helicopter, a naval vessel and an Air Corps maritime patrol aircraft responded to the scene - they were safely picked up by another fishing vessel and taken to Castletownbere
****
The Taoiseach says there's a challenging number of months ahead with the cost of living.
Micheál Martin says he wants to make childcare affordable for working families in October's Budget.
He told his parliamentary party last night the government will also consider tax changes to help workers, and reduce healthcare costs.
****
All District Court cases in the city were adjourned yesterday following a High Court ruling on Tuesday.
The Irish Examiner reports the issue, which is expected to result in cases being adjourned for a number of days, arose when the High Court ruled that the only parties entitled to prosecute a case are the Garda who brought the charge against the accused person, or a barrister or solicitor representing the DPP.
****
Johnny Depp has won his multimillion-dollar defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard - and says he now feels "at peace".
The Pirates of the Caribbean actor's been awarded just over 10-million dollars in damages over an article Heard wrote which claimed she'd been a victim of sexual abuse.
She's called it a "setback" for women.
