Mystery surrounds dolphin deaths

MYSTERY surrounds why a record number of common dolphins have washed up dead on the southern shores of the country.

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) said that in the first two months of this year 19 common dolphins washed up on the shores of Cork, Waterford and Wexford.

That represented 60% of all dolphin and whales species stranded in Ireland during that period.