Public warned not to swim with ‘jumpy’ Doolin dolphin

Dusty the Doolin dolphin has become “jumpy” and wary of human contact in the wake of a number of high-profile incidents involving members of the public last year.

Members of conservation group, Dolphin Day Ireland, spent the Bank Holiday weekend in Doolin, warning the public not to get into the water with the bottlenose dolphin.

This follow a number of incidents last summer when two swimmers were hospitalised following separate incidents with the dolphin; one suffering broken ribs and four broken vertebrae, while the other suffered injury to her kidney after being rammed.