Irish Examiner View: Novel animal visits or  unnatural booby trap

A humpback whale breaching out of the water in Clonakilty Bay.

Nature sometimes reminds us of its magnificence in the most dramatic, inspiring ways. In recent days, a humpback whale was seen breaching in Clonakilty Bay by people enjoying a boat trip from Courtmacsherry, Co Cork. It was as if Attenborough's Blue Planet had gone on a world lecture tour and had reached Inchydoney.

Further north, in Co Wicklow Ireland's first sighting of a living Tropical Brown Booby was recorded. The large seabird, a native of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, was spotted this week in Greystones.