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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paul Barron said: "We were supposed to be coming home on Tuesday but then everything was called off due to Storm Barra." (Left to right) Malcolm Gilles, Ronnie O’Driscoll, Dave Purdy and Paul Barron ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

A former lighthouse keeper has been honoured at a commemorative event marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Fastnet race disaster. A portrait of Gerald Butler by Welsh artist Dan Llywelyn Hall was ...