Aoife McGettigan caught the 760-pound bluefin tuna while on a visit home in Killybegs from Australia

Fishing boats that are over 18 metres in length or are operating with certain types of nets are now banned from operating close to land.

The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday morning off Bloody Foreland near Magheraroarty.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is notifying anglers of the closure of the Galway Fishery due to high water temperatures

Moses Odonkor, who was originally from Ghana, incurred fatal injuries on a trawler off the coast of Cork

The dispute concerns EU rules indicating fish-weighing should take place 'on landing', not at a near-by processing factory

The rescue took place shortly before 5am on Sunday