More people are also caring about the seashore nowadays as evidenced by the success of the Clean Coasts programme, writes Donal Hickey.

Dog owners have been warned to keep their pets on a lead while out walking on the beach as palm oil ‘fatbergs’ have washed up on the Irish coastline.

A search will resume off Wicklow's Arklow coastline at first light this morning for a man who fell overboard from a local fishing boat yesterday morning.