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#Missing - A body recovered from the sea near Galway City yesterday is believed to be that of missing student Michael Bulger, as TheJournal.ie reports. The body was spotted offshore by a search party volunteer near Ardfry Point in Oranmore,…
The massive French trimaran IDEC SPORT has hit an unidentified floating object during the night, 130 miles off the southwest coast of Ireland. The port rudder is broken. However they are still expected to reach the pontoon in Brest at…
The successful Sigma 33 White Mischief, based in Dun Laoghaire, has gone on sale through yacht broker Leinster Boats. Built by Marine Projects, the Sigma 33 has proved to be a popular club and regatta one design well capable of…
MDL Marinas, one of Europe’s largest leading marina operators has invested £250,000 in a new, super fast WiFi service across its network of UK marinas. The new hardware will offer super quick internet access across all of MDL Marinas’ 19…
An 60–foot round the world French racing yacht is berthed in Crookhaven Bay in County Cork this morning having been abandoned mid–Atlantic three weeks ago and brought to the Irish harbour by a recovery team that included Kinsale's Marcus Hutchinson.…
The Irish Marine Federation (IMF) is promoting a necklace of over 60 Irish coastal marinas and pontoons as a central theme of its London Boat Show promotion that opens at ExCeL in London's Docklands on Friday morning. As Afloat.ie reported…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) will stage its annual Spring Chicken Series, a series of six races to be held on Sunday mornings from February 7th. Racing under modified ECHO handicap, cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not…
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council, one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union, recently agreed the proposed Council Regulation 559 (with some amendments). The adopted final version will be published in the Official Journal of the European…
#Flooding - Water levels on Lough Neagh are at a 30-year high, and business owners in the region are counting the cost of flooding on their livelihoods, as Belfast Live reports. A number of traders are battling to stay open despite…
Sunseeker International has announced that it is now looking to recruit 225 new skilled staff, an increase on its original plan for 100 new employees to support the introduction of several new models planned for 2016. The new roles will…
#AnimalRescue - Northern Ireland coastguard teams raced to the aid of a dog trapped on a cliff ledge in Co Down earlier this week. As the Belfast Telegraph reports, eight coastguard volunteers fought their way across boggy ground to reach…
#MarineWildlife - One of the last remaining members of a unique pod of killer whales has been found dead on a Scottish island. As STV News reports, the orca known as Lulu to marine researchers was found beached on the…
#NewPortaFERRY -A newbuild for the Strangford-Portaferry service under construction at Cammel Laird, Birkenhead as previously reported on Afloat.ie is expected to deliver the 28 car / 260 passenger ferry in August this year. According to Cammel Laird’s winter edition newsletter,…
#CustomHouse - Port of Cork Company's historic city-centre Custom House according to the Irish Examiner is set to be put on the market in the coming weeks as it advances plans to relocate to Ringaskiddy. The building will be brought…
SEARCH & RESCUE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN HOWTH AREASEARCH & RESCUE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN HOWTH AREAWe are an entirely volunteer unit of the Irish Coast Guard, based on the West Pier in Howth Harbour. Every year, our team of 25 male & female volunteers respond to over 80 emergency 112/999 calls on the cliffs & coast of North Dublin.We are currently interviewing to fill trainee positions as Cliff Rescue Climbers, Coastal Search, and Boat Crew. No experience is necessary. All training, certifications, and the required personal equipment is provided.Volunteers are expected to live within minutes of Howth, carry a pager 24/7 to be available for callouts, and attend weekly training. We are seeking long-term commitments and a considerable amount of your time.For more information, email [email protected]before applications close
Posted by Howth Coast Guard on Thursday, 10 December 2015
The Irish Coast Guard Unit based on the West Pier in Howth Harbour is looking for volunteers. The Unit is interviewing to fill trainee positions as Cliff Rescue Climbers, Coastal Search and Boat Crew. No experience is necessary. All training,…
#Flooding - BBC NI weatherman Barra Best has posted video to Twitter showing some of the damaging flooding at Kinnego Marina – home of Lough Neagh Sailing Club – on the southern shores of Lough Neagh near Lurgan. And local…
Castletownbere RNLI has recovered a British adventurer’s transatlantic boat which was abandoned in a hurricane some 400 miles west of Portugal. In what was their first call out of 2016, the volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to go the assistance…
#CruiseLiners - The Dublin Port Company has released a list of all the cruise liner visits expected this coming season. The first of these, the MS Black Watch, was set to arrive at Berth 33 today (Wednesday 6 January). It…
#ISAF - Can sailing's world governing body be trusted to put athletes' safety first? That's the concern coming from many corners of the sailing community after it emerged that the ISAF, recently rebranded as World Sailing, was aware of Malaysia's…
#RouteConfirmed – The Ardrossan-Campbeltown summer-only ferry route as reported on Afloat since the service was launched in south-west Scotland in 2013 and on a trial pilot basis will be made 'permanent', writes Jehan Ashmore. There were calls by campaigners to…