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As the Rugby World Cup gets under way in France, Ireland and La République are taking another step towards the launch of a combined train and ferry ticket between the two countries in 2024. Announced by the President of the French…

Glandore Yacht Club’s Lawrie Smith, the 2015 Gold Cup and 2011 Dragon World Champion, and this season's Edinburgh Cup champion, emerged victorious in the Børge Børresen Memorial Trophy after a gruelling 10-mile-long windward leeward course in challenging conditions. From Ireland,…

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Patrick O’Donovan, Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, paid a visit to County Kerry on Saturday to witness the restoration of An Blascaod Mór (the Great Blasket) by the OPW. They also graced…

The impact of the current marine heatwave on Ireland’s coastline is being recorded by international researchers who are taking a “snapshot” of the European coast where land and sea meet. As The Irish Independent reports, the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC)…

Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC) has published the Notice of Race for its annual Kish Race on Dublin Bay, with support from Leinster Boats yacht brokers. The race will start from the West Pier at 11.00 am on Sunday,…

Irish sailor Tom Dolan is preparing for the final stage of La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, bracing himself for another bout of light winds that could present a significant challenge. Dolan, who sails for Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan, had a disappointing second…

ICRA Class I is billed as John Minnis's A35 Final Call II from Belfast Lough being in with more than a shout against the "monstrous regiment" of J/109s. But in the end today, she had to be content with reaching…

A crew with some of Ireland's top big boat talent has won the Maxi A World Championships in Porto Cervo, Italy. Run by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, the final day's racing started but…

A significant crowd gathered at Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat station in West Cork for the naming ceremony of the new Shannon class lifeboat on Saturday. Val Adnams, the principal donor, flew from Idaho, USA, to name the state-of-the-art vessel. Esteemed guests,…

On Saturday, George Radley Jr's Skipper 70 Pat Mustard won the Moonduster Trophy in Cove Sailing Club's Cobh to Blackrock Race in Cork Harbour. Radley finished the 6.5 nautical miles course in a corrected time of one hour, 12 minutes and…

With Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Saturday racing starred in IRC Zero and One due to the annual ICRA cruiser-racer National Championships in Howth, a five-boat IRC Two division was won by Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer and Ed Melvin's Ceol na Mara…

In the J24 national championship, where 20 boats compete as part of the ICRA National Championships at Howth, Kinsale Yacht Club's Under 25 crew on Kinsailor has lost its early lead to Bray Sailing Club's Hard On Port. The one-design class…

Irish crews have secured two more medals and one more Paris 2024 qualification on Day 7 of the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. This brings Ireland's total to seven Paris 2024 qualifications, marking the largest number of qualifications in…

Galway RNLI received a request from the Irish Coast Guard to launch and assist two kayakers who were reportedly in trouble off Hare Island in the inner Galway Bay. The volunteer crew promptly launched the lifeboat with crew members Dave…

Dermot Skehan's MG34 Toughnut of the host club leads the White Sails fleet at the Monday.com ICRA National Championships at Howth Yacht Club. After no racing on the first day of the Championships, clouds cleared to allow a perfect sea breeze to develop,…

After four races sailed with no discard, Snoopy, the 2021 Champion ICRA Class Three Champion, is currently leading the 2023 Monday.com sponsored ICRA Championships in Howth, according to provisional results. The Courtown Sailing Club Quarter Tonner, co-skippered by Joanne Hall…

Half Tonners dominate the Class Two fleet in the Monday.com ICRA National Championships in Howth. After no racing on the first day of the Championships, clouds cleared to allow a perfect sea breeze to develop, with four races completed on…

The 39ft Danish-built ketch Teddy is a familiar sight in the heart of the Connacht coast, snugly berthed along the tidal quayside at Clifden in Connemara. And when she’s not there, we can usually be sure that owner-skipper Nick Kats…

With a building breeze promising livelier conditions later in the day, you might have expected the slipper, smaller craft to set the pace in the opening salvo of Class 0's delayed series of the Monday.com ICRA National Championships at Howth…

Western seaboard operator, Aran Island Ferries with a five-strong fleet, hosted a Galway Chamber ‘Connect Series’ event last week. The event took place during a cruise on Galway Bay which gave members of the Chamber to network while also enjoying…