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From 17 to 23 June, Porquerolles Yacht Club will be the host venue for the 12mR World Championship, one of the most prestigious sailing events and a must for the class. A real America's Cup atmosphere will reign over this…

The possibility of building at the Port of Cork, a vast 6,000-space multi-storey storage compound for new cars imports is been explored, after it had to cope with a 60% surge in new cars that led to opening a new…

Four boaters in a RIB were rescued by Helvick Head RNLI in County Waterford on Sunday afternoon (7 January) after their boat encountered trouble off the coast of Dungarvan. The inshore lifeboat was launched into north-east Force 3-4 winds and calm…

In the early hours of Sunday, January 7th, Ballyglass RNLI, located in north-west County Mayo, was called to the aid of an injured fisherman. The volunteer crew was alerted by Malin Head Coast Guard to launch their all-weather lifeboat at…

Olympic hopeful Eve MacMahon won the prestigious International award at Howth Yacht Club's hosted annual Achievers awards ceremony, which was graciously accepted, on her behalf, by her dad, Jim McMahon, on Saturday night (January 6th). Eve was unable to attend…

Series 2 of the Viking Marine sponsored Frostbites, hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, was sailed under glorious conditions for January – 6-8 knots of a breeze that stayed pretty stable throughout the afternoon and air temperatures that peaked…

The new Chief Executive of the State marine research agency, Dr Rick Officer, takes up duty this morning, (Monday, January 8). He has been Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the Atlantic Technological University, established in April 2022 when three…

What with the lockdowns and other upsets to the regular progression of sailing life, three years have passed since Howth Yacht Club has been able to make a thorough-going job of hosting its annual winter-time Achievers Awards ceremony. But all…

Ireland's Eve McMahon has kept her dream of a place in July's Paris Olympic Regatta alive by making the Gold fleet cut at the  ILCA6 World Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Just one race in light winds was possible on…

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has paid tribute to businessman and renewable energy developer Eddie O’Connor, who has died at age 76 after an illness. The former Bord na Móna chief executive, who had trained as a chemical engineer…

Officers who took industrial action at a Manx ferry firm over new contracts has been halted, in which their seafarers’ trade union has confirmed. The move follows confirmation by the operator, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company which sent…

A lost coastal sound will return to echo through Cork city centre for one day this January. Found Sound (Lost at Sea) 11.1.11 is an installation by sound artist Danny McCarthy which, on Thursday 11 January, will resonate across Emmet…

Ireland is well placed to seize the opportunities presented by a boon in offshore projects, according to the head of the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI). Speaking to The Journal ahead of the NMCI’s third annual Seafarers’ Conference next…

Eve McMahon, the 19-year-old sailor from Dublin's Howth Yacht Club, made a striking comeback at the ILCA6 world championships in Argentina on Saturday. After a weather-curtailed first day of racing, McMahon climbed from 37th to 20th place overall after delivering two…

Plans to increase fares for passengers on the Strangford Ferry by as much as 32 per cent have provoked a strong reaction, as Belfast Live reports. The RORO ferry operated by Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure provides a crucial link…

Ireland is well represented in today's RORC Transatlantic Race by two Irish sailors onboard two hot boats in the 24-boat fleet for the 3,000-miler. Royal Cork's Tom McWilliam is onboard a race favourite, the Farr 100 Leopard 3 (MON), skippered by…

The world's first-ever solo multihull race around the world, the Ultim Challenge-Brest, is set to kick off on Sunday from Brest, France. The six intrepid skippers are expecting light winds and some winter sunshine for their send-off, but the stress…

A major new ferry connection of a Cork-Europe route this Spring/early Summer looks likely as a company is reported to be in the final stage of starting the direct link to Boulogne in northern France. As Cork Beo reports, plans…

Six of the biggest, fastest ocean-going sailing craft in the world are set to be raced solo around the world for the first time starting on Sunday from the French Atlantic port of Brest around the 22,460 nautical miles classic…

Ireland should actively seek EU funding to integrate more offshore energy supplies, according to Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly. Kelly, who represents the Ireland South constituency, was referring to the European Commission's plan to significantly scale-up investment in Europe's power…