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

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.