In south Wales a project that aims to boost biodiversity along the Pembrokeshire Coast Path National Trail will be boosted following a substantial donation from Stena Line, which runs the ferry crossing from Fishguard to Rosslare. Stena Line’s contribution was…

Near Ballycotton in east Cork, an operation on the coast has been undertaken to airlift around 80 barrels of waste diesel and hydraulic oil from the 80m cargo ship MV Alta which ran aground on rocks a week and a…

Preparing to remove materials from a grounded ghost ship by helicopter on Tuesday is in the hands of Cork County Council as they could pose a pollution risk. The council according to Green News.ie, is preparing to airlift barrels of machine…

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport advises that University College Dublin intends to deploy an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) sub-surface installation off the Aran Islands this Friday 28 February, weather permitting. The deployment will occur around 0.6 nautical…

Legislation aimed at reducing microplastic pollution in marine and fresh waters has been enacted by the Government, four months after the EU gave clearance for the move writes Lorna Siggins The Microbeads (Prohibition) Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020 was signed…

The skeleton of a Wexford blue whale (82ft long) named Hope has supplanted ‘Dippy’, the much loved Diplodocus, as the main attraction at Hintz Hall in the National History Museum in London, reports The Green News.ie “Look at the whale!”…

A Status Yellow gale warning is in place for all Irish coastal waters and the Irish Sea as Storm Dennis sweeps towards Britain this weekend. Winds of up to Force 9 are expected around the coast, while counties Wexford and…

Global Action Plan Ireland and the Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School (INSS) shared their love for the ocean on Valentine’s Day with primary schools in Ballymun and Dun Laoghaire as part of the Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme. With…

Irish Sailing’s regional development officer Gail McAllister is among the jury for this year’s Blue Flag awards programme. The national jury met last month to consider a total of 88 sites around Ireland comprising 80 beaches and eight marinas. Their…

Public meetings to discuss marine spatial planning and the Government’s draft national framework resume this evening in Arklow, with a focus on offshore renewable energy. The Arklow Bay Hotel will host the event from 6pm to 8pm, with speakers from…

The children from Glenageary Killiney National School (GKNS) are participating in the Marine Institute's Pilot Explorers Education Programme™, hosted by the Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School in Dun Laoghaire this Friday. The programme complements the national school curriculum, presenting…

Skellig Michael’s former site manager has expressed his misgivings around filming for the Star Wars movie franchise at the Unesco World Heritage site. As the Irish Examiner reports, Grellan Rourke — who recently retired from his role after 41 years…

Racing in Dublin Bay, Kinsale Harbour, Belfast Lough, Dun Laoghaire Harbour have been cancelled today due to Storm Ciara. In fact, such was the extent of the deteriorating weather forecast many of the regatta organisers gave early notice to scrub…

On islands off the coasts of Galway, Mayo and Donegal, people are casting their votes in the General Election today. It had been expected that the European and local elections held in May of last year would be the final…

The main conservation groups in Northern Ireland have come out against a plan to develop gas storage caverns underneath Larne Lough. They are opposed on environmental grounds and as BBC News NI reports, they believe the potential impact on wildlife…

Basking sharks which were sampled off the west Kerry coast in early Spring have proved to be genetically different to all other such sharks tested in the north-east Atlantic, according to a newly published study writes Lorna Siggins. The study…