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The Christmas season is a time when thousands of people around the country will take to our waters to support sponsored swims for charitable causes say Irish Water Safety. This year we have a full moon on Christmas day which…

#MarineNotice - Marine Notice No 47 of 2015 from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that the Defence Forces will conduct live surface-to-air firing practices at the Gormanston Ranges on Tuesday 6 October from 10am to 12…

#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that ESB International is carrying out a geotechnical survey at the WestWave ocean energy site off the coast of Killard, Co Clare this week.…

#MarineNotice - A new Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that the annual Irish groundfish survey will be take place off the northwest coast from 19-30 September. Carried out by the Marine Institute in…

#MarineNotice - Mariners in the waters of Ireland's Exclusive Economic Zone are advised to keep watch for debris that may fall into the sea after a pending Soyuz rocket launch between today 11 September and Monday 21 September. Marine Notice…

#MarineNotice - Mariners on the west coast are advised of latest round of works on the Corrib Gas Pipeline. Phase 1 of the annual pipeline and umbilical survey was scheduled to begin between last week and early this month, and…

#MarineNotice - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that a drilling operation will be undertaken off the south coast of Ireland from next week. The Ocean Guardian rig (Callsign V7FF7) is due to commence operations on well…

#MarineNotice - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) wishes to draw attention to the revised and enhanced EU Directive which applies to recreational watercraft and personal watercraft. Directive 2013/53/EU on recreational craft and personal watercraft, repeals the current…

#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that a wave measuring device has been installed on the seabed at Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre. The wave study is being carried out by…

#MarineNotice - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that Bibby Hydromap is scheduled to carry out marine survey operations along the proposed interconnector route between Ireland and France. Similar to the recent geophysical surveys of the same…

#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that Osiris Projects were last week scheduled to begin marine survey operations off the south coast in the Celtic Sea. The marine surveys will…

#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notices from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advise of the pre-laying of anchors in the Corrib Gas Field ahead of the arrival of the Ocean Guardian rig, and an inshore seawater sampling…

#MarineNotice - Marine Notice No 21 of 2015 from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that Shell E&P Ireland Ltd will be deploying a waverider buoy in late May 2015, weather permitting, in order to help predict…

#MarineNotice - Marine Notice No 8 of 2005 supplemented by Marine Notice No 16 of 2011 provided information on eight types of liferaft, which the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) accepts for use on small fishing vessels that…

#MarineNotice - Maintenance and pre-commissioning activities are set to be carried out on the Corrib Gas Field. The work will all take place within the 500m Safety Zone surrounding the Corrib subsea facilities, and will be carried out by the…

#HiberniaExpress - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport advises that TE SubCom, on behalf of Hibernia Express, is carrying out a route clearance operation and a pre-lay grapnel run along the Hibernia Express cable route using the M/V Ile…