News Update
#Blackhead - The nine-year-old boy who fell into the sea near Blackhead lighthouse last Sunday (4 May) has died. RTÉ News reports that the boy, named as Aaron O'Flaherty from Castleroy in Limerick, died in hospital in Dublin on Thursday…
Killybegs Proposal to Build Largest Marine Food Ingredients Plant in the World
9th May 2014 News Update
#marinefood – A proposed joint venture project by Killybegs Fishermen's' Organisation (KFO) and Norwegian firm Biomarine Science Technology (BST) will, subject to planning permission, State Aid, and the approval of Enterprise Ireland, create up to 50 jobs during construction. A…
#IFI - Minister for Communications Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte has welcomed the arrival of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) to its new headquarters at Lake Drive in Citywest. On its establishment in 2010, IFI had accommodation at three locations…
#IrishSea - One million cubic metres of radioactive waste at a dump site near Sellafield is at risk of contaminating the Irish Sea in the future, according to papers released by Britain's Environment Agency. According to The Guardian, the internal…
#Drowning - Emergency services have recovered a body at a reservoir in Bohernabreena after a 16-year-old boy went missing while swimming with friends yesterday (Tuesday 15 April), according to TheJournal.ie. The teenager - named by the Irish Mirror as Shane…
#Health - The mother of a 29-year-old Corkman who died while SCUBA diving in Thailand has called for all Irish secondary school students to be screened for SADS, according to the Irish Independent. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Colin Callanan…
#Help - Spinal Injuries Ireland takes patients from the National Rehabilitation Hospital on Rochestown Avenue out on their RIB in Dun Laoghaire and fishing and kayaking on their Pioneer Multi in Blessington. For summer 2014, the charity needs your assistance…
#LoughRee - A body has been found in the search for a Northern Irish angler missing for more than two weeks in Lough Ree, according to TheJournal.ie. As reported four days ago on Afloat.ie, Daryl Burke had not been seen…
#LoughRee - Belfast's News Letter reports that the boat carrying three anglers that capsized in Lough Ree nearly two weeks ago has been recovered as the search continues for one of the party. Daryl Burke has not been seen since…
#LoughRee - The News Letter in Belfast has a report from an eyewitness to the tragedy on Lough Ree yesterday (20 March) that claimed one life today, with another man critically ill and one still missing. Tommy Byrne told how…
One Dead, One Critical As Search Continues For Missing Third Angler In Lough Ree
21st March 2014 News Update
#LoughRee - RTÉ News is reporting this morning (Friday 21 March) that one of two men recovered from Lough Ree last night has died in hospital. The second man is still in critical condition while the search resumed this morning…
#Earthquake - Just a few weeks after the Bristol Channel was stirred up by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake, TheJournal.ie reports of tremors felt in Ireland's south-east yesterday evening (18 March). No damage has been reported on the relatively minor quake,…
#afloatmag – Afloat's packed 64–page 2014 Spring issue hits the news stands next week (Monday, 24 March) with all the latest Irish sailing news and views. In our latest news section, there's been a top prize for David Kenefick, and…
#torpedo – An investigation is under way after a 9ft–missile was fired from HMS Argyll at high security Plymouth nuclear submarine dockyard during a training drill this week. A Royal Navy spokesman said: "We can confirm an incident occurred onboard…
#Torpedo - Taoiseach Enda Kenny had paid tribute to the Castlebar-born inventor of the steerable torpedo at the unveiling of a headstone on Louis Brennan's grave in London. As the Irish Independent reports, Brennan - who lived from 1852 to…
Fracking Too Great A Risk To Ireland's Endangered Fish Say Cross-Border Anglers
9th March 2014 News Update
#Fracking - Fracking in Northern Ireland could pose a serious risk to endangered fish species, as a cross-border group of anglers highlighted last weekend. The Irish Times reports on the protest rally in Enniskillen on Saturday 1 March that has…