Autopsies to be carried out on washed-up dolphins

Autopsies are being carried out on several dolphins that have washed up on beaches in the last month.

Two dolphins were recovered from a Kerry beach on January 28. Two more were recovered the previous day, one in Inverin, Co Galway and one in northern Donegal.

The carcasses were recovered by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) and the autopsies are being carried out in the Cork Regional Veterinary Laboratory.