‘Pair trawling’ blamed for death of sea mammals

Four seals and a porpoise have been discovered washed up on a beach in west Waterford.

Shocked locals made the grim discoveries on Ardmore beach yesterday.

At least one of the seals had suffered blood loss and seemed to have died while trying to free fishing net wrapped tightly around its mouth. The other mammals may, at some stage, have been entangled in nets.