News Update
#carrickfergus – Carrickfergus Sailing Club on Belfast lough is celebrating the re-opening of its newly restored clubhouse just two years after a major fire destroyed the building. VIPs and members of the sailing fraternity from across Northern Ireland gathered at…
#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) outlines current medical and eyesight standards for mariners and a list of approved doctors under the Seafarer Medical Examinations Scheme. Full details are included in…
#IFI - Pat Rabbitte, Minister for Communications Energy and Natural Resources, visited the new headquarters of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) at Lake Drive in Citywest yesterday (4 July). Speaking on the day, IFI chief executive Ciaran Byrne said: “We are…
#QEaircraftcarriers - BBC Scotland reports that Queen Elizabeth II is due to give her name to the largest warship built in the UK at a ceremony held this morning in Fife's Rosyth dockyard. She will smash a bottle of whisky…
#Inishowen - The Irish Times reports that a fisherman has died after his fishing vessel is thought to have sunk off Inishowen Head in Co Donegal this morning. The alarm was raised by a local fisherman who spotted debris in…
#MessageInABottle - Another connection's been made across the ocean between Ireland and North America thanks to a message in a bottle, as Canada's CTV News reports. Last summer Canadian student Saskia Vaisey dropped a bottle into the freezing waters of…
#TobaccoShipSeized – RTE reports that Customs officers at Drogheda Port have seized tobacco worth an estimated €14m. Customs officers backed by gardaí boarded a ship in the early hours of yesterday morning and recovered 32 million cigarettes and 4,000kg of…
#Addressing the 'Our Ocean Wealth Conference' today, Simon Coveney, TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine outlined the significant progress made to date in implementing the Government's 2012 Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth: An Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland. The…
Ocean Wealth Conference Hears Ireland Is Moving Closer to A Marine Policy
18th June 2014 News Update
#oceanwealth - Addressing the 'Our Ocean Wealth Conference' today, Simon Coveney, TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine outlined the significant progress made to date in implementing the Government's 2012 Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth: An Integrated Marine Plan for…
#Ballycastle - The child who died after he was round at the bottom of sea cliffs near Ballycastle in Co Antrim last night has been named as Logan Crawford. BBC News reports that the seven-year-old boy was local to the…
#NauticalInstitute – On 17th June in Sydney, Australia the Annual General Meeting of the Nautical Institute will elect Captain Robert Mc Cabe to the Presidency of the Institute for a two year term. The Nautical Institute is the international representative body…
#D-Day70Anniversary- As reported yesterday, the Royal Navy joined by allied naval vessels formed an overnight flotilla from Portsmouth and are currently off the Normandy Beaches on this D-Day 70th anniversary, writes Jehan Ashmore. Throughout today, major religious and commemorative services…
#D-Day70anniversary -Major events are been held on both sides of the English Channel today in advance of the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Allied Invasion, writes Jehan Ashmore. To find further details commemorating the momentous D-Day (6th June 1944) they…
#TowerBridge - BBC News reports of nine people injured after a sightseeing boat crashed into Tower Bridge on the River Thames in central London yesterday morning (Wednesday 4 June). Five were hospitalised after the included, including a 64-year-old woman believed to…
#Jailed - A Dublin man has been sentenced to three years in prison following his conviction for assault on a tourist during the Tall Ships Festival in August 2012. As Newstalk reports, Thomas Reilly of Dublin's North Strand was convicted…
#oceanwealth – Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney TD today announced the details of a major Conference on Our Ocean Wealth which is being held in Dublin Castle on 18 June 2014. Announcing the Conference, Minister Coveney…
