The Hurler On The Ditch

IRELAND is directly in the path of a potential tsunami similar to that which killed more than 250,000 people in south-east Asia, experts warned yesterday.

The Government is now considering a plan to establish a round-the-clock early warning system, involving sensors placed in the Atlantic off our coast.

New concerns were raised yesterday that the side of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands could collapse into the sea, triggering a tsunami that would rapidly travel north.

The huge waves would arrive here in four to five hours with potentially catastrophic consequences for the west and south coasts.