Most towns or cities have an iconic area where urbanisation is held at bay and citizens can get just a glimpse of what the world might have been like before human domination.

There’s something fishy going on in this Irish village this week — and they’ve flocked from all over the world to take part.

Two giant sharks, which together weigh more than the entire Munster pack which started last weekend’s Pro12 final, have been caught off the Clare coast.

The World Youth Coarse Fishing Championships are to be held in Cork this year and will prove a major boost to the local economy as 5,000-plus bed nights are being booked for teams and supporters attending the event.

Dick Warner indulges us with the details of his latest fishing obsession.

Angler Michael Patton became the first Irishman to win back-to-back gold medals as part of the Home Nations Boat team. The Donegal native is now looking forward to the World Championships, which will be held in Bundoran this September.

Bold lettering on a quirky tee-shirt we saw a man wearing the other day declared that if you want to be happy for a day, get drunk, but if you want to be happy for life, take up fishing.