Tuesday 22 June, 2021
Brian Holmes and Sheila Stokes had the pleasure of spending years with the Dingle dolphin, who became known as Fungie.
This quiz will give your life the sense of porpoise you’ve been craving.
Fungie usually stays within Dingle harbour, and the most he hasn’t been sighted for is 5-6 hours.
The 25-year-old still has big Ireland ambitions as he makes his 30th consecutive start in Europe for Munster.
The dolphins are believed to have travelled from Scotland.
The mammal was later found dead in a nearby river.
The dolphin was first spotted at around 9am this morning.
Officers were called out to rescue the mammal last night.
A local wildlife organisation said the animal had either become sick or separated from its mother.
The sides meet in New Jersey next Saturday.
Pictures circulated online of Cork students dancing with what appears to be a dead dolphin.
Irish MEP Seán Kelly said people who break rules should be “dealt with”.
The Highfield man is relishing the dark arts battle at scrum time in the French league.
There are only 30,000 of this type of dolphin left in the world.
Grab the binoculars, a raincoat (or depending on what our unpredictable weather does, some sunscreen) and head for the coast.
‘Dusty’ the dolphin has been in the headlines again this summer. But what makes a dolphin ‘solitary’ – and how do we manage them?
The 350-pound animal broke both of a woman’s ankles when it landed on her.
It was becoming too dark to continue the operation.
The water off the coast of Ireland is full of them around this time of year and they seem to be in very good form.
The swimmers were pulled to safety by the RNLI.
The incident has been described as ‘highly unusual’ by a local expert.
Many Faroese see the slaughter of the dolphins as a cultural right.
A number of swimmers were injured by the mammal off Co Clare last summer…
Clet, who originated in French waters, is described as a “non-social solitary dolphin who does not seek out and engage with swimmers”.
From Ballincollig to Highfield, and from Dolphin to Munster, the loosehead prop’s next stop is Argentina.
Could this be Fungi’s heir apparent?
So long and thanks for all the fish.
Some new footage of our old friend Fungi shows he’s as playful as ever.
The annual catch and killing of dolphins at Taiji has sparked global criticism.
The hunt in the fishing village of Taiji in western Japan has come under international criticism and was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film “The Cove”.
Dingle’s most famous resident is normally a solitary animal, but he’s been splashing about with a couple of old friends for the last few days….
We delve deep into the history of a club that produced rugby stars for Munster, Ireland and the Lions.
It’ll warm the cockles and mussels of your heart.
Fungi might be nearing retirement, but he’s pulling out all the stops for The Gathering.
The Wildlife Conservation Society said it was a significant finding as identifying a new mammal species is rare.
The spectacular bottlenose photo was taken in one of the most “intimidating” and “surf-heavy” spots on the Irish coast, the photographer says.
The nation’s state-run television CCTV even a ran a series of programs aimed at encouraging good manners and acceptance of foreign customs when abroad.
