A dead dolphin at Broadstrand, Seven Heads, West Cork, carried in on a high tide and now above the tideline, so not likely to be carried out again. It’s a big animal, rotund and heavy. It’s on a popular walking route: what’s to be done?

Twenty-three teenagers and seven crewmen have been rescued after the Dutch tall ship Astrid ran aground off the coast of Cork.

Thirty people have been rescued from a tall ship which ran aground off the south coast of Ireland.

Dublin's coastguard was called for an unusual request when a baby porpoise got stranded on Portmarnock beach yesterday.

Inspired by the weather tracking website that we unearthed during our research for an article yesterday on the storm that hit Ireland, we wondered what else you could track on the internet.

A coastal community’s bid to salvage a whale skeleton for use as a tourist attraction has ended in a watery grave.

DOES that look blue to you?” asked a colleague and Patrick Lyne had to agree that it did.

Blue whales have been spotted off the coast of Co Cork.

The carcass of a 30-tonne whale which died when it beached in a west Cork harbour will be to towed out to sea and submerged.

Euthanasia is "absolutely not an option" for the young fin whale which has become trapped at Baltimore harbour in Cork.

CHARLIE HAUGHEY’S yacht is set to be used to track the biggest whale on the planet 60 miles off the Irish coast.

A DISTRESED sperm whale lay dying on an Irish beach after stranding, following a disorientated 100 mile swim along the east coast.

THE country’s newest research vessel Celtic Mist will arrive at Kilrush Creek Marina on 16 July.

HOLIDAY-MAKERS got a remarkable opportunity to swim with wild dolphins yesterday when a large pod came within yards of a West Cork beach.

QUMAS, the Cork-based compliance-related software manufacturer is to change its management structure as it aims to increase its business presence in key international markets.

THE ATLANTIC breakers of the western seaboard have a romantic purity. Bathing in waters that stretch for 3,000 miles gives an illusion of health and well-being, of immersion in a timeless infinity.

FISHERMEN and boat operators hope a school of up to 40 dolphins which has gathered in the Waterford estuary will do for the city what Fungi has done for Dingle.

MARINE scientists and wildlife support groups were battling last night to save a sizeable juvenile whale stranded in a Cork estuary.