Wavelength Podcast with Lorna Siggins
When the Arctic walrus nicknamed “Wally” arrived in Kerry’s Valentia and then swam over to Wales, award-winning filmmaker Doug Allan was away working on a feature film in Nepal. However, Allan has heard of such visits before – albeit unusual…
Filming Whales & Marine Wildlife: Blue Planet Cameraman Doug Allan on Podcast
21st May 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Tuning in to the rhythms of the reef, singing happy birthday to belugas, how polar bears will smell you before they see you, why sharks get a bad press and how it’s more common for surfers than divers to get…
Rower Karen Weekes Aims to Be First Irish Female to Complete the Solo Atlantic Crossing
13th May 2021 Wavelength Podcast
“A near-collision with a drilling ship, two capsizes, lots of peanut butter and Nutella consumed” was how Jasmine Harrison (21) of North Yorkshire described her successful Atlantic crossing earlier this year. Harrison set a new world record for the youngest…
Shannon Foynes Port: The 'Aberdeen' of the Irish Atlantic Rim (PODCAST)
6th May 2021 Wavelength Podcast
The Aberdeen of the Irish Atlantic rim – that’s the potential future for Shannon Foynes, the State’s second port after Dublin. It faces an exciting future, with ESB’s Moneypoint site in County Clare to be transformed into a green energy…
Dr Noirín Burke: Infectious Enthusiasm for Life on the Shoreline (Podcast)
29th April 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Is Ireland “ocean literate”? Tireless campaigners for better awareness of our impact on our marine environment may not be so sure, but Galway-based scientist Dr Noirín Burke is ever optimistic. Dr Burke is director of education at Galway Atlantaquaria in…
“Aquabikes” caught the attention of former Irish Times journalist Kevin Myers back in 1982. The Irishman’s Diary writer was seriously concerned about the pressure windsurfers were putting on the RNLI Dun Laoghaire lifeboat at the time. He had read about…
Turbot Islanders Life in Lockdown off the Coast of Galway (Podcast)
15th April 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Turbot Island's main claim to fame has been its sighting by trans-Atlantic aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown before they crash-landed at Derrygimlagh bog in north Connemara on June 15th, 1919. Turbot or “Inishturbot” is a few miles west…
Galway Port's Potential as a Hub for Renewable Ocean Energy & More - Harbourmaster Capt Brian Sheridan (PODCAST)
8th April 2021 Wavelength Podcast
No fire brigade, no doctors, no ambulance service – when a problem arises at sea, seafarers have to tackle it themselves. That’s what makes the seafarer a “special breed” who is always “solution-focused”, according to Port of Galway harbourmaster Capt…
It Makes Economic Sense for Marine Developers to Earn the Trust of Stakeholders (Podcast)
1st April 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Communities who believe they are at risk from wind turbines and other proposed new infrastructure deserve more than just a tightly managed consultation exercise, however, well the consultation is conducted. That’s the view of chartered surveyor Michael Ocock, who has…
Jarlath Cunnane's Replica Boat Build of the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition Lifeboat Continues Apace
26th March 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Polar explorer, adventurer and boatbuilder extraordinaire Jarlath Cunnane is moving apace with his lockdown project to build a replica of the James Caird, the Shackleton Antarctic expedition lifeboat. Cunnane’s main aim is to remember the Scots carpenter Henry or Harry…
Dublin Port – Brexit, Pandemic & Post 2040 Masterplan: Harbourmaster Michael McKenna (PODCAST)
18th March 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Brexit and the pandemic are not the only challenges facing Dublin Port, which handles almost 50 per cent of Ireland’s trade. Port chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly has predicted it will reach full capacity by 2040, and so it has initiated…
Port of Cork Harbourmaster Capt Paul O'Regan on New Routes, Vessels & Non Tidal Container Terminal for Cork Harbour (PODCAST)
11th March 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Brexit, Covid-19 and the situation of seafarers who have been unable to take their leave since the pandemic hit – these are just some of the challenges facing harbourmasters in ports around the island. Cork harbour, which is being transformed…
“Voyagers from the grave” read the headline in a Melbourne newspaper, The Advocate, in 1877, and the report was about three Galway men who had by then become known as “the shaughrauns”. The previous November of 1876, four men, had…
Lee Early, deputy coxswain of the RNLI’s Arranmore lifeboat in Donegal lost his life in 2019, but his name is one of 10,000 which will be inscribed on the hull of the new Shannon class lifeboat bound for Clifden, Co…
The Fastnet Yacht Race & Recalling the 1979 Force 10 Storm (PODCAST)
18th February 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Bow to bow, they stretch five kilometres – that's how the Rolex Fastnet yacht race organisers have welcomed the record entry for this summer’s race, which will have a new finish in Cherbourg, France. Some ten Irish entries are among…
Some 30 per cent of researchers worldwide are female, according to UNESCO which marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science this week About 35 per cent of all students in STEM-related fields – that’s science, technology, engineering and…
