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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL) are refusing to row back on plans to replace historic lights at the country’s most southwesterly lighthouse, reducing the power of their beams from 27 to 18 ...

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 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 ...