A team of American scientists and researchers are undertaking an expedition off the Kerry coast in the search for great white sharks.
US non-profit organisation Ocearch has been exploring the waters around the Kingdom since Monday.
Ocearch's ship, which also serves as a sea laboratory, has been tagged off St Finian’s Bay, Valentia Harbour and Ventry harbour in recent days.
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39 species of shark inhabit Irish waters, including basking sharks, which have been spotted in the waters of Páirc Naisiúnta na Mara.
Ocearch is currently anchored off the Blasket Islands where researchers are hoping to record the first great white shark in Irish waters.
A link to track the Ocearch vessel and its progress can be found here.
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