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#WhaleBoat - A nurse from Northern Ireland was among those who assisted survivors of the tragic whale boat capsize in Canada at the weekend, as BBC News reports. Five people – all British – died and a sixth, an Australian…

#Missing - Searching resumed this morning (Tuesday 27 October) for a 19-year-old Clare man feared to have fallen into the sea. The Irish Times reports that the man from the Quilty area was last seen on Sunday night (25 October)…

#Tragedy - A couple from Northern Ireland have drowned in South Africa just days after their wedding, as RTÉ News reports. The bodies of 28-year-old John Rodgers and his 26-year-old wife Lynette from Holywood, Co Down were found on Friday…

#Search - TheJournal.ie reports that the search is continuing today (Wednesday 14 October) for a body seen in the water near Ardnacrusha power station. A passer-by spotted what they believed to be a body part floating in a canal near…

The Round Ireland Speed Record champion, the MOD 70 trimaran Oman sail continues to search for a missing crew member lost overboard. Mohammed Al Alawi, 26-year-old crew member of MOD70 trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail remains missing this evening following a Man…

Two men, one woman and a teenage boy all suffered burns in the explosion on the boat moored near to the Angel Inn, Severn Side, Stourport-on-Severn at 7.30am on Thursday evening reports YBW.com The teenager was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth…

#SportsCapital - Sailing, paddling and diving clubs across 20 counties will share in the latest €35 million allocation to local projects under the Sports Capital Programme. Among the biggest beneficiaries under the latest grants are Cullaun Sailing Club in Co…

The Federation of Irish Sport, which represents 76 national governing bodies including the Irish Sailing Association countrywide, has launched its Manifesto for Irish Sport setting out a 5 Point Plan for the next Government if Ireland is to deliver on…

#BringViolaHome - Afloat.ie last year reported on an ambitious project by SMS Towage to bring back to the UK an abandoned trawler now 109 years old from South Georgia, the remote South Atlantic island. The Viola, a derelict North Sea…

#Liffey - An emergency operation in Dublin city centre this afternoon (Monday 5 October) saw a body recovered from the River Liffey, as TheJournal.ie reports. The body of a man was taken from the water around 2pm less than four…

#Shackleton - As Shackleton's cabin arrives in Connemara for restoration, an intrepid young Irish woman is setting out to retrace the pioneering explorer's Antarctic footsteps. According to The Irish Times, the 'sea bedroom' where Ernest Shackleton died of a heart…

#NewChiefofStaff - Vice Admiral Mark Mellett DSM* will formally be appointed the new Chief of staff of the Defence Forces, from midnight tonight, having previously been proposed by the Minister for Defence Mr Simon Coveney TD and accepted by the…

#Missing - Naval Service vessels have joined the search for a fisherman missing off Mayo since last Friday 11 September. As The Irish Times reports, 23-year-old Daniel Doherty is thought to have got into difficulty while baiting lobster pots on…

#Missing - Rescue services have formally stood down their search for a missing Japanese tourist off Co Clare after three weeks, the Irish Examiner reports. As of yesterday (Tuesday 15 September) there has been no sign of Ushio Azaki (61),…

#SafeTrx - Users of the ISA's SafeTrx app are advices that the system will be unavailable tomorrow morning and afternoon (Tuesday 15 September) for an upgrade. During the planned upgrade from 6am to 3pm, the SafeTrx apps for iOS and…

An Garda Síochána are contesting the International Coppers Cup (ICC) 2015 in Croatia. The ICC is a sailing regatta consisting of 24 teams from International Police Forces. Although the regatta previously held in the Netherlands it ended two years ago but…