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#Viral - A short video demonstrating the importance of weight distribution for boaters with car trailers has gone viral on Dun Laoghaire Marina’s Facebook page. Since the clip was posted by Dun Laoghaire Marina on Monday evening (3 October), it’s…

Read our e–news below: Champions Johnny and Stephen are Sailors of Month; Our quiet advocate Bobby Molloy remembered and list your unwanted gear for free on Marine Market Sign up for a daily digest of Irish sailing and boating news…

#CliffsOfMoher - As much as €20,000 in cash is believed to have been taken in a sophisticated burglary at the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre yesterday morning (Monday 3 October). According to The Irish Times, the building’s security system was…

Read our e–news below with all the weekend's sailing and boating highlights including: Barry's Glee: RS400 star Alex lifts All-Ireland; J109 title taken by Storm; Bright League start & no damp Squibs; plus PS, we love you Waverley Sign up for…

The death of Galway’s Bobby Molloy at the age of 80 yesterday has resulted in a mixture of sadness at his passing coupled with a sense of celebration of all that he achieved in his many areas of interest in…

#BanríonUladh - A Northern Irish minister has sailed into stormy waters after rechristening a fisheries protection vessel from its Irish name to its English translation, as the Belfast Telegraph reports. Banrion Uladh — which patrols the Irish Sea between Lough…

#Kilkee - BreakingNews.ie reports that a body was recovered yesterday (Saturday 24 September) off Kilkee in the search for missing teacher David McMahon. Hundreds had been involved in the search for the school teacher, who was last seen on 9…

#NorthSails - North Sails has paid tribute to Terry Kohler, owner of the company from 1984 to 2014, who died at his home in Wisconsin on Tuesday 20 September, aged 82. Part of a business and political dynasty in his…

#BrayHarbour - Boat owners in Bray are urged to be vigilant after a number of engines were stolen from boats in the harbour last month. The Wicklow Times reports that a number of boats moored in the harbour were apparently…

#HMSTerror - The discovery of what appears to be the wreck of the long-lost HMS Terror may rewrite the history of one of the biggest mysteries of polar exploration. According to The Guardian, the nearly completely intact Vesuvius-class bomb vessel…

A passenger boat with 148 people on board has crashed into a pier on the River Thames with its engine on fire.  Dramatic footage (below) showed the pleasure boat hit a wooden pier at Canary Wharf with smoke billowing from…

#GalwayBay - A fisherman who was recovered from Galway Bay after a major search and rescue effort yesterday afternoon later died in hospital, as The Irish Times reports. The alarm was raised after the man's 6m potting boat was found…

Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport is inviting nominations in respect of the National Marine Gallantry and Meritorious Service Awards 2016. The purpose of this awards scheme is to recognise outstanding acts of courage, heroism, skill and initiative in the…