COUNTY COUNCIL TO CO-ORDINATE DISPOSAL OF WHALE IN CONNEMARA

Date Published: 29-Dec-2011

Galway County Council is to co-ordinate the disposal of the whale which died after being beached at Omey Island in west Connemara

The council will plan the difficult operation when it returns from its Christmas break tomorrow

Large numbers of people have been going out to Omey to view the very large mammal which has now been identified as a sperm whale