News Update
#supernikka – Wicklow yacht designer Mark Mills has had a 'scintillating summer' in his own words following a number of international successes including his latest launching of the 62' SuperNikka to her maiden victory in the sixth edition of the Miglia…
#oliviamurphy – Irish sailing has lost one of its best-loved people with the death of Olivia Murphy of Sutton in Dublin at the age of seventy, after a gallant five month battle with cancer. Her crowded and moving funeral on…
#Missing - Independent.ie reports that the search has resumed this morning for an angling tourist missing of the Kerry coast since yesterday afternoon (Friday 14 August). It's understood that the Chinese visitor was fishing with friends off Kerry Head when…
#Acky - The Irish Times reports on tributes to Galway-based chandler Steve Ackland, who lost his life on Thursday 30 July. The Galway Maritime Ltd director, originally from Hamble in Southampton and affectionately known as 'Acky', died in hospital after…
#NewAddress - The Marine Institute is moving its Dublin office next month from 80 Harcourt Street to nearby Wilton Place, where it will be sharing the same building as the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland…
#galwayyachtdeath – A marine leisure industry professional has died after falling overboard from a yacht in Galway. It is understood the accident happened in the vicinity of Galway harbour yesterday. Update here
#AoifetoDryDock - Former Naval Service OPV LÉ Aoife which is under the ownership of the Maltese authorities having been donated by the Irish Government is to undergo a refit, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 'Emer' class OPV is to enter dry-dock…
#Croatia - Tributes have been paid to 19-year-old Galway man Eamon Buckley, who died after falling from a boat in Split harbour in Croatia. As TheJournal.ie reports, Buckley is believed to have fallen from the boat early yesterday morning (Tuesday…
#Baltimore - RTÉ News reports that the body of student Barry Davis Ryan was recovered off the coast of West Cork yesterday evening (Friday 10 July) after a week-plus search operation. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, diving volunteers from all…
#Missing - Diving volunteers from across Ireland joined the effort to search for missing student Barry Davis Ryan off West Cork yesterday (Thursday 9 July), more than a week after the tragic death of his father and girlfriend. As previously…
#BlueEconomy - Marine Minister Simon Coveney launches the latest report on Ireland's Ocean Economy at the second annual Ocean Wealth Conference, taking place in Ringaskiddy, Cork today (Friday 10 July) as part of Ireland's national maritime festival SeaFest. The report,…
#oceanwealth – Addressing the second 'Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth' Conference today, in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine outlined new economic research that indicates the Government's blueprint for the marine which could deliver…
#BlueEconomy - The Irish Times writes that the "blue economy", Ireland's maritime sector is performing on average better than the general economy according to a report published by the Socio- Economic Marine Research Unit based at NUI Galway. Indicators show…
#Clontarf - Gardaí are appealing for any information on the identity of an elderly woman whose body was recovered from the sea off Clontarf earlier this week. As TheJournal.ie reports, the woman, thought to be aged in her late 60s…
#Howth - Paid parking at Howth Harbour is still on the table as a part of a review of traffic management and income generation at Ireland's fishery harbour centres, as The Irish Times reports. Responding to a question from Senator…
#Tragedy - A descendent of the Penney's retail empire has been hailed as a hero after attempting to save the lives of his son and his son's girlfriend in a tragedy off West Cork yesterday (Tuesday 30 June). As the…
