Angler catches two giant sharks off Clare coast

Two giant sharks, which together weigh more than the entire Munster pack which started last weekend’s Pro12 final, have been caught off the Clare coast.

Amazingly, these massive six-gill sharks were caught on the same day by the same angler using just a line and reel.

The sharks, which together weighed 2,600lbs or 185 stone, would both have broken the Irish record if they were killed, brought ashore and officially weighed on scales – but both sharks were released after their capture.