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Stena Line has been voted 'Best Ferry Company' at the annual Northern Ireland Travel and Tourism Awards which was hosted by TV personality Eamonn Homes. The accolade comes in advance to next month's opening of the company's new Belfast-Cairnryan ferry…

A long day on the water finally ended under the cover of darkness at half past eight last night for the CIT sailing team. The 'Bank of Ireland' sponsored Team Ireland past the night race's finishing post in fifth position…

Celtic Link Ferries newest ferry Celtic Horizon was officially launched onto the Irish-French service with a reception held on board the 27,522 tonnes vessel at her homeport of Rosslare Europort on Monday, writes Jehan Ashmore. Minister for Public Expenditure and…

The Port of Cork Company held a cruise seminar today to highlight the need for a united approach within the Cork Cruise business and to announce the first turnaround cruises from Cork expected in 2012. The Port of Cork Company…

Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and users of the Shannon Navigation to expect increased water levels and strong currents following recent heavy rainfall particularly when navigating in the vicinity of jetties, locks and bridges and to note that some…

On Saturday the 22nd of October three elated Galway teenagers, their coach and parents drove home from Dublin with a brand new powerboat in tow valued at €12,500. Fionn Delahunty (16), Ciaran Jordan (14) and Eamonn Murphy (12) were representing…

Although some say sailing suffers from being slower than most other sports, photographer Brian Carlin thought he could show the sport off better by making it even slower. Here's the fruits of his work, a ten hour edit from his…

In 2001, Jean-Pierre Dick set himself the challenge of taking part in the Vendée Globe. This "personal big bang", as he calls it, led the skipper and vet to become a success story in monohull offshore racing, with four major…

The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport details the training requirements for the use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) as a primary means of navigation. Mandatory carriage requirements for ECDIS will be…

Robin Eagleson, the Chairman of the Irish J/24 Class Association (and Vice-Chairman of the International Class Association - IJCA), has been awarded the J/24 Class’s top accolade - the Geoff Evelyn Memorial Trophy – for outstanding service. The trophy is…

The South of France is no refuge from strong winds, forcing the cancellation of the first two days of the student yachting world cup. We've heard from George Kenefick, Irish captain of Cork's CIT sailing team, this morning but and…

An impressive turnout of 30 RS400's and RS200's braved extremely testing conditions inside Dun Laoghoire Harbour for the running of the first edition of the RS Sprint Trophy. The crews, who made the trip from as far a field as…

From this weekend, Discovery channel has confirmed that it will start screening Against the Tide, the television series about Clipper 09-10, on Discovery, Discovery HD and their +1 counterparts with the first episode scheduled to go out today (Sunday 23…

Strong winds cancelled the penultimate round of sailing at the O'Flynn Exhams League this morning at the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Racing continues next Saturday the 29th of October with the prize giving dinner that evening in the Croshaven club…

Crosshaven RNLI lifeboat this afternoon (Sunday 23 Oct) rescued one person who had become capsized from his kayak within Cork Harbour. Conditions at the time were poor with 2m seas and Gale force 8 to 9 winds. A member of the…

Southerly gales put paid to racing on the final day of the WD-40 Autumn League, sponsored by Team PR Reilly, leaving the series to be decided on the results of the three races sailed on previous weekends. With one Sunday…

Jenny Egan finished eighth in the women’s K1 and Peter Egan and Neil Fleming 11th in the men’s K2 at the Canoe Marathon World Championships in Singapore. The conditions were extreme, with temperatures in the 30s and humidity in the…

Colm Dowling, representing the Dublin Sculling Ladder, won the 13th Annual Sculling Challenge Race at the Marina in Cork on Saturday. The Commercial man passed Cork representative John Griffin and won by three lengths. Gordon Reid of the Belfast Sculling…

As sailors felt the brunt of the weather this morning with the cancellation of Autumn leagues in Howth and Cork. Met Éireann issued a weather alert countrywide for this evening and Monday. It will be extremely windy - especially on…

Seasonality, climate change and the environment were the hot topics discussed at the inaugural meeting of the National Inland Fisheries Forum in Athlone last Thursday. http://afloat.ie/inland/ Inland Fisheries Ireland chief executive Dr Ciaran Byrne hosted the forum, whose 60 voluntary…