Irish shipwrecks being colonised by coral reefs

The WWI wreck located off the Kerry coast had been colonised by anemones, oysters and brachiopods.

Ships lying off the Atlantic coastline are being colonised by coral reefs which are normally found in much deeper and colder water.

NUI Galway ocean scientist Anthony Grehan, who has pioneered work on cold water coral in Irish waters, has found new evidence of the species within the wreck of a cargo vessel at a depth of 160m.