I went on a seafari in Sligo to see whales and dolphins — but they might be on borrowed time

Shamim de Brún sets sail on a seafari in Co Sligo - and hears how these encounters with whales and dolphins could be on borrowed time
I went on a seafari in Sligo to see whales and dolphins — but they might be on borrowed time

Joshua Nueva looks out onto the sea he's been chronicling off the coast of Sligo.

In Mullaghmore, Co Sligo, there is a boat called Kiwi Girl. The name, skipper Declan Kilgannon tells me, has no hidden poetry.

“That’s an awkward question,” he laughs when I ask why. “It’s exactly what it says.”

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