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

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<p>A tour of Ballycotton Lighthouse with Ballycottonseaadventures.com Pictures: Michael O'Sullivan /OSM PHOTO</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
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Whiddy disaster relatives applying to High Court to rectify death certs

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