News Update
#News - The body of a Meath teenager who went missing in the early hours of Easter Monday has been found in the River Blackwater, as the Irish Independent reports. Ricky McDermott, 17, disappeared after a night out in Virginia,…
#Marine - 'Foods of marine origin' are covered by the new call for research proposals under the Government's funding programmes, as announced by Marine Minister Simon Coveney on Tuesday. In addition, the minister announced his intention to co-fund projects related…
#Saturn5 - Hollywood hitmaker James Cameron might have the exploration of the Titanic all sewn up, but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has just made a deep-ocean discovery of his own. Reuters reports that a team funded by the online retail…
#HMSBelfast – The Thames floating landmark, HMS Belfast celebrates its 75th anniversary, coinciding with this weekend's St. Patrick festivities held on both sides of the Irish Sea, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Town-Class cruiser was launched on St. Patrick's Day 1938…
#News - BBC News reports that the body of a 21-year-old woman from Dublin has been recovered from the River Foyle in Derry. The body of Alexandra O'Brien was found by the Foyle Search and Rescue Team assisted by the…
#BronzeAgeBoat - After nearly a year of hard work by a team of volunteers in Cornwall, a pioneering heritage project to recreate an ocean-going boat from the Bronze Age finally saw its results take to the water recently. The 50ft…
#Smartphone - A yacht managed to avoid collision with a container ship off the coast of South Africa recently - thanks to a smartphone app. As Yachting Monthly reports, Ian Engelbrecht and crew Ibolya Palko were delivering a catamaran from…
#News - TheJournal.ie is reporting news of the tragic drowning of a man and a young child off West Cork in the early hours of this morning (6 March). The bodies of the man and the three-year-old girl were recovered…
#Business - A West Cork whale watching tour operator has been announced as the third winner of the Eircom Digital Boost initiative for 2013, as Business & Leadership reports. Union Hall-based Whale Watch West Cork now has the opportunity to…
#Ex007inDalkey- Pierce Brosnan, the Irish born actor and former 007 James Bond, caused quite a stir on the first day of March in Dalkey. The actor was on a location shoot and was understood to be making a TV advert…
#News Update - Ireland's rate of growth in the manufacturing sector accelerated last month as businesses reported signs of strengthening demand. The latest NCB Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 51.5 in February, up from 50.3 in January. A reading…
#dinghyshow – Eight of the UK's finest dinghy sailors will be heading to the RYA Dinghy Show 2013 this weekend to share their top tips, answer your questions, sign autographs and much more. On Saturday the show will be joined…
#Missing - A body recovered from the sea off north Co Dublin yesterday may be that of a man who went missing from Rush at Christmas. The Irish Independent reports that a post-mortem is being carried out on the body…
#Space - An Irish sailor has her sights set on a voyage of a different kind - into space! Mags O'Sullivan sails with Tralee Bay Sailing Club, but she's also a trained pilot who has previously flown to the edge…
#GhostShip - The missing 'ghost ship' MV Lyubov Orlova that has been adrift in the North Atlantic since the end of January has finally been located - some 2,400 off the West of Ireland. US technology site Gizmodo reports on…
#Bioeconomy - Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney today (14 February) opened a major Stakeholder Conference on the Bioeconomy in Dublin Castle. The conference - titled 'Bioeconomy in the EU: Achievements and Directions for the Future' - was jointly organised…