Designer creates Tintin-inspired prints of Irish lighthouses 

Belgian designer Bert Dufour, pictured at Ballycotton Lighthouse, Co Cork, is on course to create colourful prints of every one of the 80 lighthouses guarding Ireland’s coastline (Bert Dufour/PA)

A designer has created prints of Irish lighthouses inspired by his boyhood hero Tintin.

From Rathlin on the northern tip of Ireland to Fastnet in Cork on the south coast, Bert Dufour went on his own adventure, travelling more than 2,000km over three years capturing all 80 operational lighthouses on the island.