A DISTRAUGHT fisherman has spoken of how one of the dolphins that have drawn huge crowds to the banks of the River Lee in Cork city died in his arms yesterday after it got caught in his net.

A RARE whale which beached on an island in Cork harbour probably died of natural causes.

A POSTMORTEM examination on the bodies of three grey seals found on the Blasket Islands off Co Kerry has confirmed they were brutally killed.

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