The long sweep of the beam from Ireland’s “teardrop” – west Cork’s Fastnet lighthouse – is due to shorten from Monday, the Irish lighthouse authority has confirmed. However, the Commissioners of Irish ...

THIS bizarre optical illusion shows an Irish lighthouse ‘rocking back and forth’ as waves crash into it during Storm Dennis. The video captured at the weekend shows high seas battering Fastnet ...

A camera illusion has made it look like a lighthouse was rocking back and forth as it was battered by strong winds and waves during Storm Dennis. Fastnet Lighthouse, off the coast of Cork in Ireland, ...

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For some it’s the 1979 yachting disaster in which 15 sailors lost their lives in one of the world’s classic ocean races from the south coast of England, the 608-mile Fastnet Race. But despite the ...

A GROUP of explorers went on a spectacular lighthouse tour off the coast of Ireland – and there’s a major perk on the boat. Irish Explorer Ireland, who can be found online at @irishexplorer.ie, ...

IT WAS a hazy night in July 1904 and the steamer Alexandra ploughed slowly through the waters of West Cork, as an extraordinary experiment took place on deck. She was a rickety vessel, “as leaky as a ...

Storm Barra has made landfall in Ireland and has been battering the Cork coastline since the early hours of Tuesday morning. The weather event has caused flooding and fallen trees across the country, ...

A century after its extraordinary construction offshore, the Fastnet Lighthouse off the west Cork coast celebrated its 100th birthday in style yesterday. It took seven years of dangerous, determined ...

Efforts will be made again today to board the trawler the Fastnet, which went aground at the entrance to Cuan an Daingin on ...

Twenty-one crew members on board a racing yacht were dramatically rescued last night after it capsized off the Irish coast. The Rambler 100 was taking part in the Fastnet Race when it overturned about ...

THIS bizarre optical illusion shows a lighthouse ‘rocking back and forth’ as waves crash into it during Storm Dennis. The video captured on the weekend shows high seas battering Fastnet Lighthouse in ...