The reason ‘Irish divers are always smiling’ is that they have some awesome dives sites around Ireland’s coastline that would keep the most sceptical of UK divers happy for hours. With colour at every turn and visibility that averages ten metres, you won’t know where to look, or where to dive first. I was diving on the wreck of the Empire Tana, which is lying about a five-minute RIB ride from Portaferry Harbour in Strangford Lough with my dive guide Jim Delaney of DV Diving.