#MarineWildlife - Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, marine scientists have discovered a species of whale-eating shrimp of the coast of south-west Ireland. As TheJournal.ie reports, these amphipods are not quite the shrimp…

#CoastalNotes - Kilkee bathers looking forward to the return of diving boards at Newfoundout will have to wait at least another year, as the Limerick Leader reports. The news comes after Clare County Council refused to allow the installation of…

#SmokeMortar - Lifeguards set up an exclusion zone at Murlough Beach on the Co Down coast for the second time in two weeks after another smoke mortar was found on the beach, according to Belfast Live. As previously reported on…

#MarineWildlife - A trio of pilot whales were lucky to be surrounded by beachgoers when they stranded in West Kerry on Thursday morning (6 August). But locals and visitors in the Brandon Bay area have been asked to remain vigilant…

#MarineWildlife - Kerry is celebrating the first sea eagle chicks to fly their nests in the county for over 100 years, as The Irish Times reports. Despite incidents of poisoning suspected in the deaths of three of the marine birds…

#CoastalNotes - Some of Ireland's most remote coastal spots will soon be available to visit virtually from anywhere in the world as Fáilte Ireland takes loan of a Google Trekker backpack. Previously used to add the likes of Shackleton's island…

#CliffFall - A German teenager is being treated in hospital for leg and head injuries after falling from a cliff on the Loop Head Peninsula in Co Clare on Saturday (1 August). According to TheJournal.ie, the 14-year-old holidaymaker was walking…

#MarineWildlife - Northern Irish marine researchers have recorded a first after spotting a beluga whale off the Antrim coast this week, as BBC News reports. Colder sea temperatures than normal for this time of year may explain why the Arctic…

#Dusty - Dusty the dolphin is back in the news after 'attacking' a swimmer off a beach at Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands, as the Connacht Tribune reports. Two years after the bottlenose dolphin courted controversy by causing serious…

#MarineWildlife - BBC News reports on three revet sightings of an orca, or killer whale, in the Irish Sea off Ceredigion in Mid Wales. It's believed the orca - which could be John Coe, a large male known for a…

#SmokeMortar - Murlough Beach on the Co Down coast was red-flagged by attending RNLI lifeguards on Thursday afternoon (23 July) after the discovery of an object that turned out to be a smoke mortar. Lifeguards sprang into action after a…

#MarineScience - Canada's Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea joined Kathryn Sullivan, US Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator and Marine Minister Simon Coveney to issue a statement yesterday (Friday 24 July) welcoming the second…

#MarineScience - The Marine Institute's Cullen Fellowship was officially launched by Marine Minister Simon Coveney on 10 July during the SeaFest events in Cork. The Cullen Fellowship programme provides research training opportunities for scientists in marine and related disciplines leading…

#MarineWildlife - Dublin Port Company has launched a new plan to protect a colony of terns that nest within the port. The Dublin Port Tern Colony Management Plan will ensure the conservation of Dublin Port’s terns, small migratory seabirds that…

#MarineWildlife - Whale watchers will be jostling for position to snap shots of a rare albino humpback whale spotted off Baltimore in West Cork last week, according to Joe.ie. The incredible sight of the Moby-Dick-like 40ft ocean giant was allegedly…

#Whitegate - The parent company of Whitegate Oil Refinery, has confirmed it may yet be sold, is significantly loss-making according to its most recent annual accounts. Texas-based Phillips 66, which owns the refinery in Co Cork, confirmed to the Irish…