News Update
Irish vessels and crew have been warned over safety risks associated with a French military exercise off the South West Coast next week. Marine Notice No 38 of 2022 from the Department of Transport gives details of the planned rocket-firing…
Marine Notice: Subsea Fibre Optic Cable Pre-Installation Works Off Galway and Mayo
1st June 2022 News Update
SubCom is carrying out pre-lay grapnel and route-clearance operations along the route of the IRIS Subsea Fibre Optic Cable System in the Ireland TS, CZ and EEZ off Galway and Mayo from this week. The operations are expected to be…
Port of Cork and Cork City Council Reach 'Agreement in Principle' on Future Sale of City Quays
26th May 2022 News Update
As the Irish Examiner reports, Cork City Council is set to spend millions buying the Port of Cork’s city-centre quays to help facilitate one of the largest docklands regeneration schemes in Europe. The local authority and the commercial semi-State company…
Multi-Million Deal Signed by Cork County Council to Buy Port of Cork Quays
25th May 2022 News Update
Millions is to be spent by Cork City Council to buy the Port of Cork’s city-centre quays to help facilitate one of the largest docklands regeneration schemes in Europe. The local authority and the commercial semi-State company have reached an…
Van Oord Ireland is to commence operations on the Arklow Long Sea Outfall project in the coming week. The outfall will be approximately 1,000 metres in length and have a diameter of 630mm and will be laid in a pre-excavated…
Continuing its Kinsale area decomissioning project, PSE Kinsale Energy Limited advises that its Kinsale Head platform removal campaign will commence later this month and is expected to run through to September. Works will be conducted by the semi-submersible, self-propelled crane…
The North Irish Sea Array (NISA) offshore wind farm project is currently engaged in a benthic survey campaign off the coast of North Co Dublin, Meath and Louth. Similar to the survey conducted last autumn, the campaign involves the deployment…
RTÉ News reports that a woman has died after a number of swimmers got into difficulty off Greystones in Co Wicklow earlier today (Saturday 23 April). The deceased was one of three women in their 50s who were recovered from…
Irish offshore renewables survey company Ondine is undertaking geophysical survey works as part of a scientific data-gathering exercise for the Voyage Offshore Array in the Celtic Sea, south of Co Wateford. The scope of this survey is the turbine array,…
Sailors and Clubs: Have Your Say in Public Consultation on Hosting Major Sporting Events in Ireland
21st April 2022 News Update
Sailors and sailing clubs around Ireland have an opportunity to make their voices heard on the hosting of major sporting events in Ireland via a new public consultation. The main objectives of this consultation — consisting of five multiple choice…
Decommissioning Works in Kinsale Head and Seven Heads Gas Fields Next Month
18th April 2022 News Update
The Department of Transport has been advised that Kinsale Energy plans to undertake decommissioning activities on the subsea infrastructure in the Kinsale Head and Seven Heads gas fields. These works are due to commence on or around Tuesday 10 May…
Bray Sea Scouts have appealed for Ireland’s sailing and boating community to be on the lookout for two outboard engines that were stolen from their scout den this week. The 5th Wicklow (Bray) Sea Scout Group say the 15hp and…
Ian Walker MBE will be stepping down from his position as RYA racing director this summer, the organisation has confirmed. Walker joined the RYA in the autumn of 2017 and, in his dual role as performance director, he oversaw the…
Fugro Germany Marine GmbH plans to conduct a cable route survey outside Irish territorial waters (12NM), but within the Irish EEZ, along the proposed Beaufort Cable System cable route in the Celtic Sea. Geophysical and geotechnical operations on the planned…
Áine Gray is an ever-present figure in any recollection of Glenans Ireland in the 1970s. Áine was always around to help and support whatever enterprise was afoot. She served on the committee for many years and made a huge contribution…
Britannia’s Gold Ltd is currently undertaking subsea exploration activities off the North West coast. Marine survey and salvage works commenced this past Monday 28 March and are expected to continue until Thursday 14 April, subject to weather conditions. Works by…