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#lifeboat – Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat launched this afternoon, Sunday, 21 July, at 17:10 to assist an injured person on board a 42 ft yacht 6 miles south west of Ballycotton. On arrival at the casualty the injured person was transferred…

#fireball – Kenny Rumball & David Moran representing the Irish National Sailing Club and the Royal St George Yacht Club respectively have won the 2013 Irish Fireball Nationals sailed at Skerries Sailing Club this past three days writes Cormac Bradley.…

#CostaConcordia - The Irish Times reports that five officers from the ill-fated Costa Concordia have received jail sentences as part of their plea bargains with the court. Each received a sentence ranging from 18 months to two years and 10…

#IrishRowingChampionships: NUIG/Gráinne Mhaol produced one of their best ever rows to win the senior eights championship of Ireland at the National Rowing Centre in Cork today. The defending champions had a fine start and upped the tempo down the course…

#Coastguard - The Irish Coast Guard dealt with a lifesaving of a different kind on Friday night (19 July) when one of the crew of the Sligo-based rescue helicopter helped deliver a baby boy. As TheJournal.ie reports, the delivery happened…

#IrishRowingChampionships: Claire Lambe and John Keohane won the men’s and women’s senior single sculls titles at the Irish Rowing Championships at Farran Woods in Cork today. Both had hard battles before crossing the line as winners. Lambe had a disappointing…

#WaterSafety - Four more people have drowned in separate incidents around Ireland as the heatwave continues. As RTÉ News reports, a 24-year-old man died while swimming in the sea near Ardara in Co Donegal yesterday afternoon (20 July). Later, the…

#IrishRowingChampionships: Experience counts in difficult conditions, and the water became very choppy for the second session of finals at the Irish Rowing Championships. Sinead Jennings described it as “the hardest conditions I have rowed in” but the 36-year-old former world…

#fireball – The Irish Fireball Nationals fleet enjoyed champagne conditions today in completing another four races in their 9-race regatta writes Cormac Bradley. Yet again wind conditions were better than forecast to the extent that many boats went out on…

#IrishRowingChampionships: NUIG continued where they left off on the second day of the Irish Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Cork. Their intermediate eight were full of conviction as they charged through the line to beat UCD, and…

#kitesurfing – French professional kitesurfer Bruno Sorca, has completed the first ever passage from France to Ireland adding to his English Channel record. The crossing was completed last night, and he was welcomed in to the Royal Cork Yacht Club in…

#glandoreclassic – Time was when local One Designs really were just that. Utterly local. If you travelled to some attractive sailing centre, there was special interest in the possibility of watching the historic boats unique to the area racing each…

#marinescience – Ever since the foundation of the state, far-sighted supporters of Ireland's marine potential in its broadest sense bewailed the lack of any co-ordinated approach to marine research and development. In recent years, the situation has been improving with…

#islands – As the current heatwave continues, who wouldn't dream of their own island paradise where there's cool water right on the doorstep, and you're monarch of all you survey? Well, such dream islands do exist, and some of them…

#flyingfifteen – The sunshine beamed down again, but on whom would fortune smile in this final day of the UKGLOBAL Flying Fifteen National Championship? For the first time, the fleet left Portland Harbour for Weymouth Bay. Winds started at NE…

#IrishRowingChampionships: Alan Martin won his eighth senior fours title as Gráinne Mhaol laid down a marker for the senior eights on the first day of the the Irish Rowing Championships in Cork today. The experienced crew of Martin, Dave Mannion,…

#fireball – Defending champions Noel Butler and Stephen Oram are lying fourth in a fleet of 15 after the first day of racing at the Fireball National Championships in Skerries, North Dublin writes Cormac Bradley. For those of us who…

#WaterSafety - Water safety chiefs have yet again underscored the dangers of swimming in unsupervised areas after a teenager drowned in Co Derry yesterday afternoon. The Irish Times reports that the 15-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital by police helicopter…

#coastguard – HM Coastguard has seen a 23% increase in incidents in the past month, as many take the opportunity to enjoy the summer sunshine along the UK coastline. From 15 June to 16 July this year, HM Coastguard dealt with…

#SoldShipSails – Island Mariner, the recently renamed former detained bulk-carrier Clipper Faith, departed Dublin Port for the first time yesterday since her arrival more than four months ago,writes Jehan Ashmore. The 29,501dwt bulker had loaded a cargo of animal products…