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#loughderglifeboat – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched to assist eight people on board a 38ft cruiser aground near Dromane on the County Clare shore At 11.35am today, July 26, Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched following a request from Valentia Coast…
#Rowing: Holly Nixon took a bronze medal at the World Under-23 Championships this morning. The Enniskillen woman was part of the Britain women’s eight which finished third to the United States and Russia. The United States were impressive winners, taking…
Ireland Lead Early But Finish Third in B Final at World Under-23 Championships
26th July 2015 Rowing
#Rowing: Ireland’s lightweight men’s four finished third in their B Final, ninth overall, at the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The crew of Shane Mulvaney, Chris Beck, Lloyd Seaman and David O’Malley took the lead by 250 metres and…
#WIORA - Following Wednesday's wild offshore spin, competition for places in WIORA was heating up yesterday (Friday 24 July), with a number of close-quarters incidents despite the size of Galway Bay, writes Jim Grealish. In class 2, WIORA Commodore Simon…
#DBSC - Dublin Bay Sailing Club results for 25 July 2015: BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. After You Too (Michael Blaney), 2. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 3. Prospect (Chris Johnston) BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath &…
#SmokeMortar - Murlough Beach on the Co Down coast was red-flagged by attending RNLI lifeguards on Thursday afternoon (23 July) after the discovery of an object that turned out to be a smoke mortar. Lifeguards sprang into action after a…
#RNLI - Following Thursday's callout to a yacht with engine trouble off Greystones, Wicklow RNLI's all-weather lifeboat launched at 3.45pm yesterday afternoon (Friday 24 July) to a Swedish registered yacht with a rope-fouled propeller, 10 miles north-east of Wicklow Harbour.…
#RNLI - Volunteers from Lough Ree RNLI assisted a family of four last week after the cruiser they were in ran aground. The crew was requested to launch their inshore lifeboat at 11.30am on Thursday 16 July following a report that…
#OnTV - The fruits of John Creedon's epic journey along the full length of the Wild Atlantic Way will be for all to see when the first of his new three-part TV series airs on RTÉ One tomorrow evening. Creedon’s…
#Swim360 - Two years ago they became the first people to navigate Asia's longest river from source to sea by kayak when they completed the 16,000-mile Silk Roads to Shanghai. Now David Burns and Maghnus Collins are undertaking another great challenge…
Coleraine Man Cassells Takes Silver for Britain at World Under-23 Championships
25th July 2015 Rowing
#Rowing: Coleraine man Joel Cassells won a silver medal at the World Under-23 Championships today. The 21-year-old was in the number two seat in the Britain lightweight quadruple sculls which were 2.1 seconds off the gold medal position in Plovdiv,…
International Research Alliance Collaborates On North Atlantic Ocean Survey
25th July 2015 Marine Science
#MarineScience - Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea joined Kathryn Sullivan, US Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator and Marine Minister Simon Coveney to issue a statement yesterday (Friday 24 July) welcoming the second…
Shipping Review: Report on ISSC, Arklow & Ardmore Add Ships, Meeting at Irish Europort
25th July 2015 Arklow Shipping
#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene with the following stories below. An independent report by SEMRU of NUI Galway claims that a planned International Shipping Services Centre (ISSC) could put the Irish…
#Fishing - Fishing harbours in Galway are set to share in a €200,000 funding bonus, as Galway Bay FM reports. The additional funding under the 2015 Fishery Harbour Capital Investment Programme will go to the small craft harbour development at…
Rowan Takes Control to Win D Final of Single Sculls at World Under-23 Championships
25th July 2015 Rowing
#Rowing: Erik Rowan gave Ireland a very good start to the fourth day of the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv in Bulgaria with a fine win in the D Final of the men’s single sculls. The race was notably close…
#wildatlanticway – There's an elemental quality to Ireland's Atlantic seaboard which can be more than matched by the weather the ocean throws at it. In the recent Transatlantic Race, the participants commented – often forcefully - on the extreme sailing…
Slipped Disk Does Not Rule Out Seafra Guilfoyle From Five Way Olympic Laser Trial
24th July 2015 Olympic
#lasertrials – 2014 ISAF Youth Sailing Silver Medallist Seafra Guilfoyle is receiving treatment for a slipped disk but refuses to rule himself out of the running for the forthcoming Laser Olympic Trial that featured in this morning's Water Rat Column.…
#Rowing: Ireland qualified two boats for C Finals in the evening session at the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In the lightweight double sculls C/D semi-final, Liam Keane and Stephen O’Connor did well to take the third qualification spot.…
Rosslare Europort Hosts First Meeting of Stakeholder Advisory Group
24th July 2015 Rosslare Europort
#rosslare – Iarnród Éireann, Port Authority for Rosslare Europort, has held the first meeting of a new Stakeholder Advisory Group for the Europort, with representatives of port customers (shipping companies), the local authority, business and tourism locally, hauliers, fishing, employees…
#FerryContract- The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is seeking Expressions of Interest for the operation of a passenger ferry service between Whiddy Island and the Co. Cork mainland. The contract term for the operation of the passenger ferry…