All dolphins saved after third mass stranding in three weeks at Clare harbour

Eight dolphins were successfully refloated at Ballyvaughan as trained volunteers responded swiftly to a third stranding at the site

A rescuer helping to refloat one of the dolphins. Picture: Trea Heapes/IWDG

Another mass dolphin stranding has taken place in Clare, the third in the same location in three weeks, according to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG).

About eight dolphins were spotted circling, which they do when hunting in groups, during a falling tide near a beach in Ballyvaughan on January 4.