Out of the blue: rare sighting

REMARKABLE footage of one of the world’s largest creatures in acrobatic display has been captured in Irish waters.

Giant humpback whales have been filmed breaching in the sea three miles off Hook Head, Co Wexford, providing some of the most dramatic wildlife footage ever shot around the coast.

Padraig Whooley, of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG), chartered a boat after reports of large numbers of whales in the area since new year.