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An Irish researcher working on small marine organisms has won a prestigious grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Dr. James Gahan, who will take up an associate professorship in chromosome biology at the University of Galway in 2024, is…

Swords Sailing Club (SSBC) hosted the 2023 Eastern Championships in the multihull class on September 2nd and 3rd, attracting a fleet of 16 boats. The event saw a total of seven races completed over two days, with wind speeds ranging…

The 2023 Galway Bay Swim, which has been postponed twice due to weather, is due to take place this Saturday (Sep 9). If conditions, permit, the fundraiser for Cancer Care West will set off from Aughinish on the Clare side…

Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels and waterway users on the Erne System that the 2023 Hydrobikeathon will take place around the town of Enniskillen on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 September. The event will involve groups of hydrobikes completing…

Visitors can discover a treasure trove of free activities at this weekend’s Belfast Maritime Festival on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September. Taking place along the city’s Maritime Mile, with entertainment stretching across Queen’s Quay to HMS Caroline in the…

A project to upgrade Douglas Harbour on the Isle of Man will according to the boss of the works "protect the infrastructure for the next 50 years". Director of Harbours, David Gooberman said the harbour remained a "critical piece of…

Cork Harbour has lost a true legend as former Irish Olympic sailing team manager, Michael Wallace, has passed away. Wallace led the team for 12 years, from the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, where Ireland won its first yachting medal, to…

Irish sailor Tom Dolan is holding steady in eighth place as the 54th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec enters its second stage. Dolan remains just under seven miles behind the leader, race veteran Alexis Loison of Groupe REEL, who took…

Skerries RNLI rescued two men and two women on Monday evening (4 September) after their personal watercraft broke down off Portrane beach. Shortly before 6pm, Dublin Coast Guard tasked the volunteers at Skerries RNLI following receipt of a radio transmission…

RTÉ News reports on a multi-agency search and rescue operation for a child missing in the water off Fountainstown Beach near Crosshaven in Co Cork. It’s understood that an eight-year-old child was swept out to sea on Tuesday afternoon (5…

The 2023 Squib Easterns at the weekend hosted by Howth YC and sponsored by Challenge, the Medical Insurance Company, provided an event held with light breezes, but basking in the glow of the recently unfamiliar glare of glorious sunshine. The…

Ireland’s second largest lake, Lough Corrib, faces so many challenges that it requires a forum for stakeholders, a weekend workshop has agreed. This would facilitate co-operation between the many State agencies and voluntary groups working to protect the lake and…

Galway Rowing Rowing Club rowers Katie O'Brien and Steven McGowan have secured Ireland's first boat for the upcoming Paralympic Games in Paris 2024. The duo competed in the PR2 mixed double at the World Rowing Championships and emerged victorious, earning…

A veteran of the maritime community Captain James Patrick Carter, former Dun Laoghaire Harbour master, passed away on September 3rd. Captain Carter was the ninth Harbour Master of Dun Laoghaire and served for 34 years from 1975 until his retirement in 2009. …

Dún Laoghaire Harbour has marked a significant milestone as it welcomed its 100,000th cruise passenger, Melinda Berk from New York, who arrived on the Norwegian Dawn Cruise Ship. To celebrate the occasion, Melinda was presented with a hamper of gifts,…

Four people had to be rescued by the Bundoran RNLI over the weekend after getting caught in rip currents off Main Beach. In two separate incidents, three teenagers and a man were plucked from the water and brought to safety by…

The European SeaPorts Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the aim of the Commission’s Green Deal Industrial Plan to ensure that the European Union can become an important player in the production and supply of net-zero products and technologies and a competitive player…

Sport Northern Ireland has announced that the 2023 Get Wet Stay Safe Programme has achieved record engagement this year. The initiative, now in its second year, aims to raise awareness about water safety and has seen over 1,300 people participate…

Dublin Port Company has today reported trade figures for the first half of 2023. Volumes declined by 3.6% to end June as the war in Ukraine, global inflation and a slower than expected recovery in China from Covid-19 lockdown dampened…

Sports Capital Grants 2023 - Is your club or training centre looking for a boat to provide disabled access to sailing? With deadlines due at the end of the week, there is still time to get your quote from Marine…