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#juniorallirelands – Optimist champion Johnny Durcan and Patrick Crosbie share the lead of the All Ireland Junior Sailing Championships with U21 Laser Radial World Champion Finn Lynch and crew Florence Lyden at today's halfway stage of the Schull regatta. Five races have been…

#nsr – Celebrations are in progress in Saint-Petersburg, Russia today as Team Great Britain onboard Swan 60 Tsaar Peter has just won the Nord Stream Race 2013 in the Gazprom Swan 60 Class! The British entry has two Irish youth…

#Lecture - Howth Peninsula Heritage Society's opening lecture for the autumn/winter season will be about 'Howth & Sailing' and is to be presented by W.M. Nixon. The talk takes place at 8.00 p.m. in Howth Angling Centre, West Pier next…

#CanoeMarathon2013: Ireland’s Jenny Egan and Peter Egan finished 15th and 19th respectively at the Canoe Marathon World Championships at Lake Bagsværd, Denmark, today. Jenny Egan started promisingly but was knocked back by her performances on the portages. Peter Egan was…

#ChannelISLANDS – Following the demise of Huelin Renouf Shipping in August, a new UK based company is planning to replace the freight service between the Channel Islands. If implemented, the new shipping company, Channel Island Lines (CIL), will charter the…

#SeatruckFerries – Irish Sea freight-only ro-ro operator Seatruck Ferries, whose ship management team have had a busy summer as an important new part of marine law has been rolled out. The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 or MLC, 2006 is an…

#CorkCruiseCallers – The Port of Cork cruise season is nearly over in a year that in total will welcome 60 cruise ships carrying in excess of 100,000 passengers and crew to the region, writes Jehan Ashmore. Today two cruiseships are…

#rsgyc – The word on the grapevine is that the Royal St George Yacht Club, currently the Mitsubishi Motors "Sailing Club of the Year", is planning a special festive event to celebrate its 175th birthday. The whisper is that it…

#FarewellEMER – As previously reported, L.E. Emer (P21) of the Irish Naval Service which spent a career spanning more than 35 years, was decommissioned at a ceremony held in Cork City Quays today, writes Jehan Ashmore. The oldest vessel in…

#CanoeMarathon2013: Ireland’s junior and under-23 competitors struggled at the Canoe Marathon World Championships at Lake Bagsværd in Denmark today. Katrina Broderick finished 18th in the women’s junior K1, while Jack Seery was 33rd and Alexander Broderick 41st in the junior…

The Irish Nautical Trust has announced plans for the creation of a 'Cargo Maritime Village' on Charlotte Quay, Grand Canal Basin in Dublin 4. The Irish Nautical Trust (established in 1986) has a dual mandate of preserving our national nautical…

#FarewellEMER – Irish Naval Service vessel LE Emer (P21) is being decommissioned from the service today after almost 36 years in use. The oldest vessel in the service, LE Emer was built in Verolme Cork Dockyard and was commissioned on…

#InvasiveSpecies - When invasive aquatic species become established, they cause significant damage to freshwater ecosystems, fish populations and to the economies that depend upon them. Next to habitat loss, invasive species are considered the greatest threat to native biodiversity. Anglers…

#Surfing - Herald.ie reports on a new drive by Irish tourism chiefs to attract surfers to our shores. The Discover Ireland campaign has been launched in time for the popular winter surfing season in Ireland. Despite the cold temperatures, winter…

#CruiseLiners - The 'floating university' MV Explorer is due to dock at Dublin Port tonight 20 September, according to The Irish Times. Last year the cruise liner, which operates as part of the University of Virginia's Semester at Sea study…

#nsr – Team Great Britain with Irish youth sailors James O'Mahony and Simon Johnson on board may have been new to the Nord Stream Race this year, but they are certainly not letting that hinder their performance, as they have…

#Clipper Race: Derry-Londonderry-Doire crossed the line at 11.17 UTC winning a valuable 3 points as the entry continues to extend its lead in the race. Henri Lloyd crossed the line in second place at 1203 UTC with Mission performance chasing…

#americascup – Another one-race day at San Francisco as wind and tide conspired against the race committee's best endeavours to get the second race away. They came close to succeeding. The boats were well into the two-minute start sequence when…

#AfloatProject – Dalkey based visual artist Roisin Cunningham is to launch her 'Afloat' project this weekend off The Muglins that neighbours Dalkey Island in south Dublin Bay, writes Jehan Ashmore. Weather permitting, the location of the small rocky outcrop with…

#CelticSeaTrout - Minister Fergus O’Dowd joined anglers, environmentalists and fisheries scientists at the Westcourt Hotel in Drogheda on Tuesday evening (17 September) to hear some of the key findings of the Celtic Sea Trout Project, which was funded mainly by…