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Five drowned after car slid on ‘treacherous’ algae on slipway into Lough Swilly

Eyewitness tells inquest of hearing screams as car sank

Poison from sting can be excruciating and cause discomfort for a fortnight

Video footage shows several people leaping off the Samuel Beckett Bridge into the Liffey

Sea has yet to give up bodies from ‘Pere Charles’ and ‘Carrickatine’

Bathers are being advised to stay out of the water at Sandycove due to influx of the fish

Combination of Spring tide and bank holiday weekend will leave beaches totally exposed

Swimmers advised to take care as thousands flock to beaches in ‘once in a decade’ highs

Portuguese man o’war jellyfish discovered on Carne beach in Wexford

We asked coastal cognoscenti for the inside track on the best lesser-known sights and activities dotted around Ireland’s 7,800km coastline this bank holiday weekend

Experts also believe the tide could have contributed to Co Donegal drowning

Irish Water Safety warning for charity swimmers

Bord Iascaigh Mhara statistics conflict with International Transport Federation claims

Irish Water Safety says increase in jellyfish species off coast likely as weather settles

Irish Water Safety warns swells, surges and rip tides, not ‘freak waves’, pose danger

Seventeen ‘very venomous’ creatures taken from Sandycove by Dun Laoghaire council