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                Event Date<br>
                <b>26/01/2018 16:00</b>
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                <b>common dolphin</b>
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                <b>26/01/2018 14:20</b>
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                Event Date<br>
                <b>26/01/2018 13:15</b>
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                Event Date<br>
                <b>26/01/2018 11:15</b>
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                <b>bottlenose dolphin</b>
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                <b>25/01/2018 12:20</b>
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                <b>25/01/2018 09:20</b>
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                Event Date<br>
                <b>22/01/2018 13:00</b>
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                <b>common dolphin</b>
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                Event Date<br>
                <b>20/01/2018 13:25</b>
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                <b>dolphin species, possibly harbour porpoise</b>
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                <b>20/01/2018 11:00</b>
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            Location: <b>Carrownisky Beach - Co. Mayo</b></td>
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                <b>common dolphin</b>
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                <b>20/01/2018</b>
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                <b>dolphin species</b>
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                <b>16/01/2018</b>
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                <b>dolphin species, possibly harbour porpoise</b>
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            Location: <b>Rosslare - Co. Wexford</b></td>
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                <b>16/01/2018</b>
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                <b>pilot whale</b>
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            Location: <b>Arainn Mhor Island - Co. Donegal</b></td>
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                <b>12/01/2018</b>
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                <b>bottlenose dolphin</b>
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            Location: <b>Doolin - Co. Clare</b></td>
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                <b>12/01/2018</b>
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                <b>harbour porpoise</b>
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            Location: <b>Fenit, Tralee Bay - Co. Kerry</b></td>
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                                            <p>A local IWDG group branch has been established in Galway to continue to promote the monitoring of whales and dolphins off around the coast of County G...</p>
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                                            <h2>Celtic Mist comes to Dublin for overwintering and repairs</h2>
                                            <p>As part of a deal with Waterways Ireland, the IWDG has secured a berth for the Celtic Mist at Charlotte Quay in the Grand Canal Dock, Dublin. The bert...</p>
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                                            <p>Marine debris found in the stomachs and intestines of whales, dolphins and porpoise in Ireland in one of the largest studies of this kind undertaken
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                                            <p>Up to and including 2010, IWDG never received more than 150 validated cetacean stranding reports in any one year but things started to change in 2011 ...</p>
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The departure point for this years&rsquo; offshore cruise on Celtic Mist was Kilrush which we departed on Monday August 28th Augus...</p>
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