St Patrick’s Day visitor has whale of a time

A humpback whale chose St Patrick’s Day to make his first visit to Irish waters.

The juvenile was spotted off Baltimore in West Cork on Sunday in roughly the same area where a pod of humpback whales made headlines around the world last December.

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group — which until Monday had 21 known humpbacks in its Irish humpback catalogue — has confirmed the St Patrick’s Day visitor is a new arrival to Irish waters, christening it #HBIRL22.