Ghost ship washes ashore in Ireland after more than a year at sea

By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Public warned away from MV Alta, which ran aground on Cork coast during Storm Dennis

Abandoned by its crew, the cargo vessel made a lonely odyssey across the Atlantic, a ghost ship seemingly destined never to make port.

The 77-metre MV Alta drifted for over a year, skirting the Americas, Africa and Europe, rusting and derelict yet resolutely afloat.

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