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#MARINE WILDLIFE - Experts at the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) have been puzzled by a rare photo of a minke whale breaching in the Irish Sea, as the Larne Times reports. Minke whales are a regular visitor to…

#NEWS UPDATE - BBC News reports that Carrickfergus Sailing Club in Co Antrim has been destroyed in a fire overnight. Firefighters were called to the scene at Rodgers Quay shortly after 11.30pm last night Friday 22 June. No injuries have…

#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - A new accessible pontoon and ramp in Galway Harbour will enable disabled sailors to get fully involved in events to celebrate the Volvo Ocean Race finale next weekend, the Galway City Tribune reports. The permanent pontoon…

#KITESURFING - Northern Ireland's Jenny Ridley will be among those joining a kitesurfing clinic for people with disabilities in Athens, Greece from this weekend, as Surfer Today reports. The five-day workshop at the Karavi Beach Club in Schinias will be…

#FISHING - Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has announced a "substantial delay" before it publishes the licence application for the controversial proposed deep-sea fish farm in the Aran Islands, as Galway Bay FM reports. Though publication was originally planned for the…

#NAVAL SERVICE - The Irish Times reports that a Russian vessel suspected of shipping arms to Syria was under surveillance by the Naval Service earlier this week. The 130m cargo ship MV Alaed - with a stated destination of Vladivostok…

#NEWS UPDATE - The body found in a river in the Polish town of Bydgoszcz has been confirmed to be that of missing Irish football fan James Nolan. As RTÉ News reports, Nolan was last seen in the early hours…

#COASTAL NOTES - The Norwegian people have “no idea of what’s being done in their name” at the Corrib Gas Field, a Scandinavian economist has told The Irish Times. Bjørnar Nicolaisen was speaking on the role of Norwegian firm Statoil…

#SURFING - WorldIrish highlights a new documentary on Cross Culture Surf, a surfing exchange programme between Ireland and the Basque Country in northern Spain. The video above was filmed in the Irish surfing hotspot of Lahinch in Co Clare -…

#INLAND WATERWAYS - Inland Fisheries Ireland has reiterated its call for assistance in stopping the spread of the invasive Asian clam. It comes just weeks after the fisheries body was alerted to a reported sighting of the highly invasive species…

#ISLAND NEWS - Champion cliff diver Orlando Duque paid a visit to Cong in Co Mayo recently to give a taster of what we can expect when Red Bull Cliff Diving comes to the Aran Islands this August. As the…

#MARINE WILDLIFE - The recent horrific reports of seal killings are but part of a "swing in activity" over the past few months, as TheJournal.ie reports. Gardaí continue to investigate the shocking incident in Dingle two weeks ago, where the…

#KITESURFING - The decision to include kitesurfing in the 2016 Olympics is a big mistake, a leading expert in the sport has said. Amit Inbar, who represented Israel in windsurfing at the 1992 and 2000 Olympic Games, told news agency…

#MARINE WILDLIFE - There were some strange goings-on off Connemara last week as fishermen caught two very surprising marine wildlife finds, The Irish Times reports. On the Aran Islands prawn grounds, skipper Colin Reynolds of the Fragrant Cloud caught an…

#BELFAST LOUGH NEWS - The Hawk 20 was officially named in a ceremony hosted by Belfast Lough Sailability last weekend. The Carrick Times reports that the disabled sailing charity's latest vessel can take up to six for experience on the…

#GALWAY BAY NEWS - Ballyvaughan Bay Hop will run a fast ferry service between Ballyvaughan in Co Clare and Galway City to coincide with the opening ceremony of the Volvo Ocean Race finale on Saturday 30 June. As reported last…

#LIFEBOATS - "Extremely challenging" conditions hampered the crew of Courtown RNLI after a car crashed into the sea at the Co Wexford harbour, the Irish Examiner reports. A 19-year-old man died in the incident on Friday night after he and…

#MARINE TOURISM - The Loughs Agency has announced the availability of funding of up to £7,500 (€9,200) to support angling development and/or marine tourism projects that benefit the Foyle or Carlingford areas. The limited budget comes by way of the cross-border…

#FISHING - A Donegal firm that leases fishing boats has reached a settlement of €3.39 million with the Revenue Commissioners over its failure to declare taxes, The Irish Times reports. The settlement by O’Shea Fishing Ltd in Killybegs, which arises…

#MARITIME FESTIVALS - The second SeaFest Lough Swilly is set to take place next weekend from 22-24 June, as the Donegal Democrat reports. “SeaFest Lough Swilly is an event for everyone,” said Mark Wheeler of Rathmullan House, one of the…