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<p>Tracey Williams, author of Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea </p>

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The extraordinary wild magic of Ireland’s western islands
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Romantic dolphins and coupling sharks filmed off Irish coast
Whiddy disaster relatives applying to High Court to rectify death certs
Whiddy disaster relatives applying to High Court to rectify death certs

The relatives of 50 persons who died in the Whiddy Island Disaster are applying to the High Court for rectification of the victims’ death certificates.

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