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Place: Great Saltee

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<p>People frequently get much too close to nesting birds at seabird colonies around the Irish coast. Picture: Debs Allbrook</p>

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It is illegal to disturb and/or photograph nesting birds without a licence from the National Parks and Wildlife Service
Great Saltee: nearly unpopulated, save the family of the island's late king.

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The Islands of Ireland: A taste of the Saltees
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Skipper did not know capsized boat was overloaded
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Great Saltee: A visit strictly for the birds

THE other day, I revisited Great Saltee Island, off the Wexford Coast.

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IRELAND has a new gannet colony; the first to be established since 1988.

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