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Anja Murray: Life and death among Ireland's wild seals
These gorgeous baby Grey seals are born on beaches from September onwards... but going too close will do them more harm than good

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025

All aboard: Buoy your spirits with a lighthouse visit in Ballycotton
All aboard: Buoy your spirits with a lighthouse visit in Ballycotton
It only takes 15 minutes to get to Ballycotton Island by boat 

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Islands of Ireland: Gulls, rabbits — and a blowhole — on Ballycotton Island Small
Islands of Ireland: Gulls, rabbits — and a blowhole — on Ballycotton Island Small
The blowhole is evocatively called Thunder Hole or Poll na Chaora and Poll na Caoin (Hole of the Sheep)

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

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Blasket Islands provide evidence of trouble in paradise
Blasket Islands provide evidence of trouble in paradise

Just beyond the breaking surf at the White Strand on the Great Blasket island, seals were standing up in the water to get a better look at us humans. 

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