Waiting for the rising tide on the Fergus Estuary in the traditional fishing boat he built himself known as a gandelow, Co Clare man Fintan Ginnane is at ease with the world. And why wouldn’t he be.

ONE of the finest examples of a medieval fish trap in Europe is going to be washed away before its secrets can be recorded, scientists have claimed.

WANT to get away from the doom and gloom, but can’t afford a sun-kissed Caribbean island retreat? Try Canon Island, in the Shannon Estuary.

THERE’S setaside and there’s castaway, and this Shannon estuary land offering on Canon Island can offer both.