The initial discovery was made by a family walking along Sweet Nellies Beach on the Inishowen Peninsula

Waterford City and County Council are advising the public to stay away from a dead whale which has washed up in Ballincalmper, Dungarvan.

The dead dolphin was found by a man out walking on the beach in the popular seas-side town of Courtown, Co Wexford.

A humpback whale has found its way back to sea weeks after it got lost in a murky, crocodile-infested river in northern Australia.

Italian coast guard divers and biologists were working on Sunday to free a sperm whale entangled in a fishing net near a tiny Mediterranean island.