Meet Cork's island poets who wrote some of their best lines via WhatsApp

East meets west as these Sherkin Island writers aim to use the Japanese haiku to build a community hub

Ber Burns, Sue Cahalan, Jo Ashby, Jo Ashby and Tina Reed of the Sherkin Island Haiku Group.

From Homer’s Odyssey to Love Island — we all seem to find a tale that unfolds on an island — sunsoaked or otherwise — just irresistible.

And any piece of land surrounded by water has always been a lure for creatives.