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American skipper Ron O'Hanley and his New York Yacht Club crew stepped ashore to celebrations at Dingle Marina in County Kerry this morning, having broken the line honours record in the 30th-anniversary edition of the 270-mile Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle…

D2D, Thursday 0930 am - At 09.19 hrs this morning, a deceptively straightforward-looking 50ft sloop (she’s straightforward above water) came smoothly across the finish line at Dingle to finish first in every way in the National Yacht Club’s 16th staging and…

D2D Thursday at 12.30 am - It’s a cold night off the south coast, with a keen edge to the east nor’east breeze which is sweeping the fleet towards a very strong possibility of records in the biennial 270-mile Volvo Dun…

Wicklow RNLI brought three fishermen to safety on Wednesday Morning (7th June) after their vessel developed mechanical problems twelve miles northeast of Wicklow Harbour. The all-weather lifeboat RNLB Ruth and David Arthur slipped its mooring at 10.45 am to reports…

D2D Wed, 730 pm -  Ron O’Hanley’s highy-tuned Cookson 50 Turbo Privateer from America flies on, and was past the Tuskar Rock by 18:40 hours with the last of the sluicing ebb helping her to 17 knots. Although boats with special…

The story of Ned Wickham, a 23-year-old lifeboat coxswain and the 25-metre Blue whale he captured at the mouth of Wexford harbour in 1891 is the theme of a project created by south-east artist David Begley. Now known as the…

The amount of plastic in European waters has almost doubled in the past decade, according to newly published research. The research shows a “steep increase” in marine plastic on Europe’s seabeds, with the number of plastic items detected per square…

At 800 nautical miles, Leg 6 may be the shortest of The Ocean Race 2022-23 but it is also one of the most complex. From the start in Aarhus. the fleet will head south for a fly-by in Kiel before…

Four yachts in the 43-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race have retired with gear failure on the first night of the 270-mile race.  The Foynes Yacht Club entry Big Deal, a Grand Soleil 37 sailing Double Handed and skippered…

Over 4,000 volunteers have signed up to participate in the beach cleans happening all over the country this week as part Clean Coasts’s call to action for World Ocean Day on Thursday 8 June. More than 300 clean-ups are set…

With just over three weeks to go to the inaugural RS Fest hosted by Blessington Sailing Club incorporating the RS200/400 National Championships, the RS Feva Nationals, RS Aeros & RS Teras, we thought it would be good to get a…

Foynes Yacht Club Commodore Bev Lowes has presented a cheque for €2,100 to the RNLI raised at a table quiz held earlier in the year. The cheque presentation was made on behalf of Foynes Yacht Club during its Commodores Day on…

Lord Nelson, the former flagship tall ship of the Jubilee Sailing Trust, has been put up for sale by online auction. Global advisory and investment firm Gordon Brothers was last October appointed as exclusive selling agent for the tall ship…

A new ten-year national policy for islands promises to give increased grants to turn vacant or derelict buildings offshore into long-term homes. The plan, entitled “Our Living Islands”, includes 80 commitments to improve housing and water infrastructure and better access…

D2D Race Wednesday 4 pm - In Dublin Bay’s increasingly sunlit nor’easterly breeze this afternoon, the pre-start positioning of the 43-strong fleet had barely got itself in order and away with the 14:00 hrs start of the biennial National Yacht…

The UK Cape 31 National Championship at the Royal Lymington Yacht Club is set to begin on Friday, featuring the largest fleet to date.  The Royal Lymington team is hosting the class for the first time, and with 26 teams…

Leave No Trace Ireland — Ireland’s only outdoor ethics programme, which promotes the responsible use of the outdoors — has launched its fourth national awareness campaign urging the public to enjoy our inland waterways, coastal areas, beaches and other outdoor spaces…

Over the last few weeks, the Loughs Agency’s education team have been busy informing and educating pupils and teachers within the Foyle and Carlingford catchment areas about our waterways. Education officer Michael Cosgrove made several visits to St Mary’s College…

There is consensus it will be a fast one, but much debate about what type of boat will win this afternoon's 30th-anniversary IRC handicap Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race. One theory emerging from last night's pre-race briefing at the National…

The role of art and culture in re-imagining the future of port cities is the theme of an online Cork CityLabs seminar on June 7th. In the Cork context, Cork Docklands is set to be Ireland’s largest regeneration project which…