Whale watchers off the Kerry coast have been gifted a treat with a “feeding frenzy” of humpback whales near the Dingle Peninsula, as RTÉ News reports. As many as 12 of the marine wildlife giants have spent more than a…

Met Éireann has issued a Status Red marine warning as Storm Ellen approaches today, Wednesday 19 August. Gale- to storm-force winds, southeast veering southwest, are forecast for this evening and tonight on all Irish coastal waters and on the Irish…

Oceans given human-induced change, writes GreenNews.ie, may have been affected as much as half of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, a new study has revealed. A new article in Nature Climate Change predicted through climate modelling that 20 to…

Ireland is one of two EU member states selected for a Europe-wide citizen survey on the health of the marine and freshwater environment. The EU’s mission for healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters is seeking citizens’ priorities in Ireland…

The giant whale skeletons of Dublin’s ‘Dead Zoo’ are being dismantled as part of a €15 million project to upgrade the building, as RTÉ News reports. The remains of a fin whale recovered from Bantry Bay and a juvenile humpback…

Free self-guided tours of the National Maritime Museum of Ireland (NMMI) in Dun Laoghaire form part of the annual 'Summer of Heritage' programme run by the Heritage Office of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, writes Jehan Ashmore The Maritime Museum located…

The Port of Cork reminds mariners that maintenance dredging will be taking place in Cork Harbour on all main shipping channels and berths from this Wednesday 19 August. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the dredging campaign by the TSHD Taccola…

An uncrewed research vessel has just completed a three-week mapping mission in the North Atlantic, as BBC News reports. The award-winning USV Maxlimer was controlled remotely via satellite for its mission to map an area of seafloor 1km below the…

Maintenance dredging of all main navigation channels and berths within the Port of Cork is set to begin, with various stages between now and late September. A survey of the harbour by the vessel Norse is scheduled to commence this…

A sea angler got more than he bargained for last week when he was thrown from his boat by a whale while fishing off West Cork. As CorkBeo reports, Cris Lane was angling with friend Dave McCann off Courmacsherry last…

On the Cork coast a marine leisure company has been blown away by the demand from sightseers to catch a glimpse of the ghost ship which ran ashore six months ago, while there are now renewed calls for authorities to…

Renewable sources in the west are already generating more energy than the region needs, even before offshore energy sources are developed, a new report states. Forecasts that connected renewable generation will “more than double” before 2030 mean there must be…

In Derry~Londonderry the Tower Museum recently released some fascinating new 'online' collections celebrating the north-west city-port and district’s rich maritime heritage. Detailed diaries from transatlantic journeys and lists of the museum’s archive collection are among the information being made public…

RTÉ’s Learn web hub this week features content from the Marine Institute’s Oceans of Learning series. The selection of videos, interactive activities and downloadable resources explores Ireland’s marine resource — with research topics from food to biodiversity, climate change, shipwrecks…

Skellig Michael will not be reopened to visitors this season due to concerns around the spread of coronavirus, the OPW has confirmed. But as The Irish Times reports, the decision which followed a promised assessment after the island was closed…

Fingal County Council has welcomed the allocation of €200,000 towards the Fingal Coastal Way, a 32km recreational walking and cycling route stretching from Newbridge Demesne in Donabate to the county boundary between Balbriggan and Drogheda. Awarded under the Carbon Tax…