A search is to continue tomorrow off the west Cork coast for Barry Davis Ryan, the young man missing after a drowning tragedy which claimed the lives of his girlfriend and his father.
Barry Ryan, 51, and 20-year-old Niamh O'Connor drowned close to the Beacon at the mouth of Baltimore Harbour yesterday evening.
Throughout the day, divers and the Coast Guard helicopter concentrated their search for Barry Davis Ryan where the accident took place.
John Kearney of the West Cork Underwater Search and Rescue Team said that a search of a new area would get under way this evening.
Speaking on RTÉ's Six One News, he said that eyewitnesses reported seeing the casualties in an area not previously checked.
He said it is quite a treacherous area, particularly where the terrain is rocky.
It is understood a group of people were walking close to the Beacon when one of them fell into the sea and two others tried to rescue them, before all three got into difficulty.
The alarm was raised at 6.40pm by a fourth person who remained on the shoreline during the incident.
Barry Ryan, a son of Penneys founder Arthur Ryan, was a senior executive with the retail clothing company.
Ms O'Connor from Glanmire worked at a Penneys store in Cork city.
Penneys released a statement this afternoon saying: "We can confirm that two members of Penneys staff lost their lives in an accident off the coast of west Cork on Tuesday 30 June and that a third person is still missing, also a member of Penneys staff."
The statement ended by saying: "All were much loved and respected colleagues and our thoughts are with their families at this very difficult time."
A number of local vessels, a local dive team and a Coast Guard helicopter based at Waterford took part in today's search.
Various Coast Guard teams were also dotted along the coastline.
Conditions today were described as difficult.
Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, John Carney of the West Cork Underwater Search and Rescue said that during two dives this morning visibility was down to less than a metre.
Mr Carney said this is now a recovery operation, adding the area needs to be covered as soon as possible, as conditions are set to deteriorate rapidly from tomorrow.
While many parts of the country were enjoying clear skies and temperatures in the 20s yesterday, skies were overcast and there was fog and mist around Baltimore.
There was also a heavy swell, with crashing waves on the shore.
