Flame retardants, pesticides and other pollutants are among the toxic ingredients found in four killer whales stranded on the Irish coastline, according to a new study.

Two humpback whales, first filmed in Irish waters two decades have turned up again off Kerry almost 20 years to the day after being first encountered.

There is a famous dolphin in our midst — Spirtle the sunburned Scottish dolphin has made her way down the east coast of Ireland and is now swimming off the Cork and Kerry coast.

The coast of Cork is alive with whales and top marine predators of all kinds.

This bank holiday weekend, many people will be out on coastal headlands, hoping to catch a glimpse of whales, dolphins, porpoises, and other ocean residents.

A father and son from Kerry made a splash in more ways than one when they posted video footage of their close encounter with a pod of humpback whales.

A group of surfers repeatedly attempted to refloat a live stranded dolphin on Lahinch beach in Co Clare this morning however the mammal was later found dead in a nearby river.

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the birthplace of humpback whales around Irish waters, after discovering they make a mammoth journey here from Africa of nearly 3,000 kilometres.

A killer whale attacking a group of dolphins was witnessed by a charter boat operator off the coast of west Cork in what experts say is a very rare event in Irish waters.

A group of humpback whales have been spotted "feeding and socialising" in waters off the coast of west Cork.

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group is bringing its ‘Trail of the Whale’ tour to libraries, writes Amy Lewis

This is the second killer whale sighting since October 30

The Department of Foreign Affairs is contacting British authorities after fears were raised that submarines using sonar may have caused the deaths of a record number of Cuvier’s beaked whales off the Irish coast.

WOW, what a sight!

Autopsies are being carried out on several dolphins that have washed up on beaches in the last month.

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) will host its annual All Island Whale Watch at 20 headlands around the Irish coast today.

And photographer Richard Creagh captured some pics of the orca with the stunning Irish coastline as a backdrop.

It’s been a bumper season for whale, dolphin and shark watching with the animals spotted up and down our coasts.

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has confirmed the first new species of whale in Irish waters in 25 years.

Charlie Haughey’s renovated yacht will take to the seas next weekend in a two-month cruise around Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of Ireland’s waters being declared a whale and dolphin sanctuary.

A spokesman for super trawler owners says they are open to discussions about how to reduce the possibility of catching dolphins in their nets after it was claimed a near record number of the mammals were killed when large ships were recently fishing off the north-west coast.

A Minke whale, washed ashore in north Clare 13 days ago, will be allowed to decompose naturally rather than being removed by the authorities.

Fishermen were praised for helping to save a large number of common dolphins which stranded near Dingle, Co Kerry.

Discarded plastic causing the death of a dolphin might be an ominous portent of things to come, a marine lobby group has warned.

The arrival of large numbers of minke whales along Irish inshore waters seems like a good omen for all-Island whale watch day tomorrow.

A bottlenose dolphin known to have attacked several swimmers in Clare last year has relocated to the Aran Islands, with fears she could do the same there.

All 13 members of a pod of long-finned pilot whales which live-stranded on a beach in Co Donegal yesterday morning have died despite the best efforts of locals to save them.

Locals in Donegal launched a rescue operation this morning after a pod of 13 pilot whales was stranded on a beach in the north of the county.

An attempt to save a whale beached in Ballyheigue in Co Kerry has failed.

Forget Seaworld, if you want to see whales and dolphins you need to go no further than West Cork to catch a spectacular marine show.

Unfortunately, the little guy didn't make it, despite the best efforts of the Dublin-based MMA star.

COLIN BARNES, originally from Sussex, has been fishing in Irish waters for over 30 years.

If you want to see someof the largest whales onearth, the entire south coast of Ireland is now seen as one of the best places on the planet to whale watch.

One of the world’s rarest whales was photographed from the deck of the Celtic Mist on Sep 4.

It never fails to command attention — the awesome sight of a giant whale sticking its fluke out of the water, swinging it around and slapping the waves before disappearing again.

An expert group is to recommend to the Wildlife Service an extension of a special area of conservation (SAC) for dolphins from the Shannon estuary into two of Kerry’s bays.

An expert has warned that a dolphin, “tormented” by some swimmers, may kill someone or the mammal may have to be removed or destroyed.

MINKE whales galore off the Seven Heads, the Old Head of Kinsale and everywhere along the south coast.

A FEMALE bottle-nosed dolphin became stranded in Co Kerry last year and was returned to the sea.

Thirteen dolphins were killed after being caught in trawler nets off the west coast, autopsies have revealed.

Thirteen dolphins were killed after being caught in trawler nets off the west coast, post-mortem examinations have revealed.

Calls have been made for three dolphins which have taken up residence in a Co Clare river to be left alone so they can return to the Shannon Estuary.