The people of Athy in Co Kildare have honoured Ernest Shackleton - the polar explorer who was born in the county - with a new memorial sculpture. The leader of three expeditions to the Antarctic, Shackleton has often been described as British, but his family has said he was always a proud Kildare man. | RTÉ News

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