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#OurOceanWealth - NUI Galway will host the third annual Our Ocean Wealth Conference on Friday 1 July. The previous two conferences – in the inaugural event in Dublin Castle and last summer's in Cork Harbour – have outlined the progress in…

#Jobs - The Research and Development Division of Inland Fisheries Ireland has secured external funding to undertake a series of research projects. Inland Fisheries Ireland is currently seeking to recruit a number of staff as Research Technician(s) and Fisheries Assistant(s)…

#IMDOreview -The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) latest Weekly Market Review has among the following stories as outlined below. Irish Maritime News: As reported on Afloat, BAM Civil Ltd has been appointed to the undertake the Bantry Inner Harbour Development. BAM's appointment…

#Angling - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is now inviting applications for suitable qualifying Salmon Conservation Projects under the Salmon Conservation Fund. Qualifying projects include fish passage improvement, spawning enhancement, in-stream structures, river bank protection, fencing, riparian zone improvement, removal and…

#RNLI - Newcastle RNLI rescued four people on Saturday night (13 February) after their angling boat got into difficulty off the Co Down coast. The volunteer crew were requested to launch their all-weather lifeboat at 7.30pm on Saturday following a…

#Grounding - APL Vanda, a 14,000TEU capacity containership was being checked for damage on Sunday after a loss of propulsion that left the ship grounded for two hours just outside the port of Southampton. The NOL-owned vessel was freed from…

#Coastguard - Dublin's Irish Coast Guard helicopter was involved in a rescue off the north-east of Ireland early this morning (Tuesday 16 February), as Independent.ie reports. Rescue 116 assisted Belfast Coastguard in the medevac of a fisherman who suffered head…

#RecordSurplus - A hike of 20% in exports to just over €111bn in 2015 boosted by the pharma and medical sectors, drove the trade surplus to a record level, writes The Irish Independent. Preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office…

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Spring Chicken series got off to a dramatic start on Sunday when a 1720 sportsboat was rescued from the surf in the north-west of Dublin Bay. 20–knot winds and big seas made for a testing first…

The Scheme for Employment of Non-EEA crew members in parts of the Irish commercial sea-fishing fleet was launched today by Minister for Justice & Equality Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine Simon Coveney and Minister of State…

Volvo Cork Week is already receiving a record number of entries, ahead of this year's event (10th – 15th July), setting the scene for a week of racing in Crosshaven. The inaugural IRC Europeans is getting a response from across…

#3DwindMaps -The world’s largest trial of scanning Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology by Carbon Trust is taking place on Dublin Bay. This is the latest Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) project designed to help reduce the cost of energy from…

Following a challenging 28 day Clipper race in which crew faced a whole range of conditions, Irish boat Derry~Londonderry~Doire has won the Da Nang New Discovery of Asia Race, taking its first race victory of the series. The team also…

" You're very welcome aboard SEASCAPES the maritime programme on RTE Radio 1 with Marcus Connaughton .......This podcast is available to you courtesy of RTE Radio 1 and Afloat.ie." This week we feature the Irish Sailing Association Annual Awards in…

#PortOpposes – The state-owned Dublin Port Company wants Dublin City Council to scrap plans to develop housing on the company’s lands on Poolbeg peninsula to facilitate the future expansion of the port. The port’s company’s chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly has…

The Vikings are back on the River Boyne after a 1000 year absence. The marauders have returned alright but this time in the more benign form of a film set for the latest episode of the hit TV show Vikings.…

West Cork is fully afloat this week with junior sailors from all over Ireland including some from Wales writes Claire Bateman. With the schools on mid term break it was once again time for the annual trek west for the…

After Foynes Yacht Club’s sailing academy recent success in being named training centre of the year for the southern region at the ISA/Afloat Awards earlier this month, the academy’s youth development team led by Commodore James McCormack have for the…

It was business as usual for Kiwi duo Pete Burling and Blair Tuke who wrapped up their fourth world title at the 49er World Championships with a Gold Fleet race to spare, and ended up winning by a massive 41…

Only four Fireballs risked romantic disharmony by taking part in today’s Frostbite racing in Dun Laoghaire harbour writes Cormac Bradley. Or maybe it was the weather that put people off, because even the organisers were warning about the weather –…