Donal Hickey: Explore your shore to find real treasure trove

As people respond to the magnetic pull of the sea, expect to see plenty of coastal images in the Irish Examiner’s readers’ photo competition.

.Early morning light illuminates the Galley Head Lighthouse against the brooding skies of an oncoming weather front in Co Cork.

Will we ever again take for granted the simple things we could no longer do during the lockdown? Like a walk on a beach.

With the easing of travel restrictions, there was almost a childish sense of excitement about being able to stroll again, for the first time in months on Rossbeigh Beach, on the Ring of Kerry.