On this edition - voyaging 907 nautical miles in the seas around the coast of Ireland on a boat more suited to inland waterways. The couple who did it, tell us how and why they made the voyage.

And the huge migration that’s heading for Ireland. People might be watching out for the first swallows, but something much bigger is happening in the seabird community.

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