Roger Casement statue unveiled and will stand in Dún Laoghaire
Sculptor Mark Richards secured commission following local authority competition
Wild Oats XI wins Sydney to Hobart race in record time
The yacht wiped nearly five hours off the previous race record set last year
Statue of Polar explorer Ernest Shackleton unveiled in Athy
Tribute in home county comes on centenary of famous Antarctic rescue
Drama of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic rescue ‘pure Spielberg’, ambassador says
100 years on from voyage, Dominick Chilcott says Irish adventurer still has ‘resonance’
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