Lorna Siggins
Lorna Siggins is a print and radio reporter, and a former Irish Times western correspondent. She is the author of Search and Rescue: True stories of Irish Air-Sea Rescues and the Loss of R116 (2022); Everest Callling (1994) on the first Irish Everest expedition; Mayday! Mayday! (2004); and Once Upon a Time in the West: the Corrib gas controversy (2010). She is also co-producer with Sarah Blake of the Doc on One "Miracle in Galway Bay" which recently won a Celtic Media Award
Renewable Energy Targets for 2030 Won't be Met, Industry Says in WEI Report
5th December 2023 Power From the Sea
Renewable energy businesses believed that planning delays and insufficient grid capacity will prevent Ireland from reaching the 2030 target for renewable energy including offshore wind, a consultancy report says. The KPMG report commissioned by Wind Energy Ireland (WEI) says that…
Irish Coast Guard Accepts and Will "Reflect" on Caitriona Lucas Inquest Jury Recommendations
1st December 2023 Coastguard
The Irish Coast Guard says it accepts the findings made in the inquest into the death of advanced coxswain Caitriona Lucas of its Doolin unit off the Clare coast in September 2016. A statement by the Irish Coast Guard said…
Curlews along the Irish coastline are showing a positive trend, with the highest number of young fledged into the wild since 2017, according to a State conservation programme. A total of 38 breeding pairs have been confirmed in the nine…
Seafood Sector Generates Less Than Two Per Cent Of Ireland's Carbon Emissions - BIM Study
29th November 2023 BIM
The Irish seafood sector has a low carbon footprint, which generates less than 2% of Ireland’s total carbon emissions, according to a Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) study. The report says that total Irish fish catch and aquaculture segments represent just…
New Research Involving TCD Scientist Shows Global Oceans in More Fragile State
29th November 2023 Marine Science
Global oceans could be in a more fragile state than previously apparent, new research published today suggests. An international team involving Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has shown that current de-oxygenation levels are very similar to those that were implicated in…
Exhibition to Mark Commander Bill King's Epic Circumnavigation Opens in Galway City Museum
29th November 2023 Bill King
A new exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the global circumnavigation by yacht by the late Commander Bill King opens in Galway City Museum this week. A display of objects and memorabilia relating to his voyage, loaned by his family…
Water Degradation a Priority of International Climate Research Centre Led by TCD
29th November 2023 Marine Science
“Urgent” research into water degradation, climate change and biodiversity loss on the islands of Ireland and Britain will be led by a new 41.3 million euro climate research centre based at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD). The Climate+ Co-Centre will initially…
How a Mirror on a Paddle Saved The Lives of Divers and an Artist off the Kerry Coast
28th November 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Imagine being on your own on a Blasket island, dependent on several divers to come and collect you – and then their dinghy runs out of fuel. If a fishing vessel hadn’t spotted the reflection of a mirror they had…
Feedback on Public Consultation Over Second Draft Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Published
24th November 2023 Marine Planning
Greater detail and certainty on the location of offshore renewable energy (ORE) off the Irish coast and greater alignment with relevant policies and plans were among key issues raised during public consultation on the State’s draft second ORE development plan.…
Island-Specific Housing Task Force Called For In Report Published Today
22nd November 2023 Island News
Continuing sustainable communities on Irish islands are at risk due to a critical lack of housing, according to a report published today by Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann, the Irish Islands Federation. The report calls on the Government to establish an…
"Road Map" Towards State's Next Offshore Wind Auction Published
21st November 2023 Power From the Sea
An indicative “road map” towards the State’s next offshore wind auction has been published by the Government. The timeline relates to “ORESS 2.1”, which will take place off Ireland’s south coast and provide for up to 900MW of offshore wind.…
Irish offshore islands are used to having to wait, whether it is for safe piers or electricity decades ago. However, they are being prioritised for pure fibre links under the national broadband plan. Three West Cork islands are due to…
Over 75 Per Cent of Seabird Species Breeding in Ireland Have Increased
16th November 2023 Marine Wildlife
Over three-quarters of seabird species breeding in Ireland have increased, with only two species declining, according to a census just published. The “Seabirds Count” census shows that Ireland is particularly important for species such as Roseate Tern and European Storm-petrel…
French and Irish Ministers Mark Start of Celtic Interconnector Submarine Cable Construction
14th November 2023 Power From the Sea
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan, and French Energy Minister, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, have marked the initiation of construction work on the Celtic Interconnector project. The Celtic Interconnector will be the first direct energy link between Ireland and…
European Spiny Lobster Juveniles Reared in Laboratory Setting by Corsican and French Scientists
11th November 2023 Marine Wildlife
French and Corsican marine scientists have succeeded in rearing juveniles of the vulnerable European spiny lobster. A team from the University of Corsica and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has achieved what it terms a “scientific and…
QUB-Led Study Calls for Urgent Management Efforts on Invasive Species
11th November 2023 Marine Wildlife
Lionfish may be one of the most infamous invasive species in the western North Atlantic, but their spread is only the tip of the iceberg, according to an international research team. The new study involving Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) scientists…
Outstanding courage in sea and river rescues has been recognised in the National Bravery Awards presented at Dublin’s Farmleigh House today (Friday, Nov 10). A total of 26 certificates, six bronze medals,13 silver medals and a posthumous gold medal were…
Seaweed Farming Can Feed The Globe and Capture Carbon - UN Oceans Advisor
12th November 2023 Wavelength Podcast
It is easier to pump oil from the bottom of the ocean than to farm seaweed, according to French oceans advisor Vincent Doumeizel. Doumeizel, from Burgundy in France, is a senior advisor on the oceans to the United Nations (UN)…
An Irish parliamentary committee may summon the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) before it to explain its weighing system, reports Lorna Siggins. This follows a recent parliamentary (Oireachtas) agriculture, food and marine committee debate when Independent TD for Cork South-West…
Windsurfers Finn Mellon and Katie McAnena have taken gold in the highly competitive national wave championships in Kerry’s Brandon Bay off Castlegregory, Co Kerry. For McAnena, it is her tenth such win, while Mellon competed against his father, Niall, to…
