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Paul Barron said: "We were supposed to be coming home on Tuesday but then everything was called off due to Storm Barra."

(Left to right) Malcolm Gilles, Ronnie O’Driscoll, Dave Purdy and Paul Barron at the Fastnet Lighthouse today. “We still have a few steaks and rashers to keep us going.”

Paul Barron enjoyed a somewhat different view of Storm Barra.

Mr Barron, an electronic engineer with Irish Lights, is currently out on the Fastnet Lighthouse 6.5km south-west of Cape Clear along with work colleagues Ronnie O'Driscoll, Dave Purdy and Malcolm Gillies.