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A leading environmental charity has condemned a proposed policy that could see untreated wastewater discharged into Northern Ireland’s rivers. The Rivers Trust is raising concerns following a policy proposal in the Department for Infrastructure’s (DfI) equality impact assessment report published…

The 29th of June saw the conclusion of the Yachting World Dayboat Nationals in Rock, Cornwall. Jack Young and Ellie Aneiros from the Royal Cork Yacht Club were in attendance sailing their beautiful wooden Dayboat PaPa 2. This was their…

While forecasts yesterday indicated that there might be a 50-50 chance of racing taking place today at the 44Cup Marstrand, in the event conditions off the popular Swedish tourist hotspot made this impossible. Principal Race Officer Maria Torrijo explained why…

Irish skipper Tom Dolan eagerly looks forward to Saturday's Tour de Bretagne à la Voile, where he believes a podium place is within reach. The four-stage, double-handed race starts on Saturday, July 1st and goes around the Brittany peninsula starting…

Saturday's 85-mile course for the Lyver Trophy Offshore Race across the Irish Sea has been confirmed. The 18 entries will race from Holyhead at 0930 am, and organisers expect the first boats to finish around 9 pm off Dun Laoghaire…

Irish sailor Conor Corson sailing doublehanded with Elin Jones, has won the AZAB Ocean race overall in his Sunfast 3300, Asgard. The AZAB is a 2,400-mile ocean race starting in Falmouth and going to the port of Ponta Delgada on the Azores Island…

Galway’s swimming pool at Leisureland is marking its 50th anniversary with an appeal to the public to “reimagine” the location for its next half century. Since the pool in Salthill first opened on June 29th, 1973, thousands of people have…

The new national surf centre in Sligo’s Strandhill aims to attract over 40,000 visitors annually by 2028, two Government ministers have predicted. This may rise to over 50,000 visitors annually by 2033, according to Minister for Tourism and Sport Catherine…

Met Éireann says that June 2023 is the hottest June on record, while the recent marine heatwave has brought extreme sea-surface temperatures to Irish shores. Met Éireann says that provisional data shows that Ireland has experienced its first June with…

At 371 boats and still counting, next week's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) 2023 is certainly living up to its pre-event billing as Ireland's largest sailing event. With visiting entries already sailing into the great granite harbour for the four-day competition…

John Treanor's new J112e "ValenTina" from the National Yacht Club debuted on the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) race track last night and won her Cruisers Zero IRC division. Four boats raced in the light air Thursday night fixture –…

Racing resumed in Europe for the eight high-performance owner-driver one design RC44s on Thursday, with the opening rounds of the 44Cup Marstrand and Irish crews are in the mix. Donaghdee's Oisin McClelland and Dublin Bay's Cian Guilfoyle are one point…

Race seven of the National Squib Keelboat Championships in Weymouth was in total contrast to the previous races. The wind blew off the shore between 4 and 12 knots and shifted to sixty degrees.  Of the 65 competitors, Ireland's ‘Femme…

Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan opened the first Offshore Facilitation Forum in Dublin on Thursday (29 June), where he underlined the vital role of ports in delivering the Government’s targets of 5GW of offshore wind energy by 2030. The minister…

After racing around the world and overcoming challenge after challenge, 11th Hour Racing Team was confirmed as winners of The Ocean Race 2022-23 on Thursday morning (29 June). While the team celebrated ashore and afloat, they would need to wait…

A vessel has been found in the search for a solo sailor who went missing last week while en route to West Cork. However, there is still no sign of its skipper, whose family have issued an appeal for any…

Annual figures at Belfast Harbour show robust financial results for 2022, with a yearly turnover and profits in line with expectations, despite a challenging global trading environment. In what was a milestone year, marking the 175th anniversary of the formation of…

Tim Pearson's Little Tern was Wednesday evening's Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Water Wag race winner at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The fixture was a handicap race with seven staggered starts run by Race Officer Brian Mathews.  The wind was variable, with…

A scientist researching orca attacks on yachts off the Iberian coast says they are doing it for the “adrenaline shot”. As The Evening Standard reports, marine biologist Renaud de Stephanis said he believed the whales were ramming boats for fun,…

Ireland will need to spend about €55 million between 2024 and 2030 to reach its targets of protecting 30% of seas and oceans, according to the Fair Seas coalition. A report published by Fair Seas, a coalition of environmental non-governmental…