'I couldn't believe it': Rare 14-foot shark washes up on Wexford shore

Prof Nicholas Payne and Dr Jenny Bortoluzzi measuring the large 14-foot female smalltooth sand tiger shark. Picture: Dr Jenny Bortoluzzi and Kevin Purves

A rare shark has washed up on the Wexford shore in what scientists believe to be the first record of the species in Irish water.

A Swiss tourist came upon the smalltooth sand tiger shark at Kilmore Quay while out walking on Saturday.