A schoolboy has captured a stunning photograph of a dolphin frolicking in calm waters off Cork as whale watchers report a surge in marine wildlife activity over the balmy bank holiday weekend.

One of Ireland’s great hotels has issued a public appeal for help to celebrate its 120th anniversary this summer.

Our family were probably the first tourists in Baltimore,” quips Stuart Musgrave, as he prepares to sell his family’s current base on Cove Road in this appealing West Cork village, known far and wide, and over the seas, for its tourism, sailing, ferries and fishing.

MUSGRAVE Group, which paid a dividend of €12.17 million to shareholders last year, is worth at least €447 million, accounts filed with the Companies Registration Office indicate.