#Shark - Scientists tracking a great white shark across the Atlantic have plotted her position at just days away from the south coast of Ireland. As the Mirror reports, the massive 'killer' fish - measuring 4.4 metres in length weighing…

#CoastalHeritage - First the recent storms exposed the wreck of a century-old schooner in Co Kerry and the remnants of neolithic graves in Connemara. But now the severe weather has revealed the existence of ancient forests dating back an incredible…

#capeclear – Construction works are scheduled to commence at North Harbour, Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork. The works will take place at the mouth of the harbour (Co-ordinates 51° 26.5' North, 009° 30.22' West).  The works will involve the construction of a…

#SeaPower - In a week that saw the Government move to pull back from binding renewable energy targets, it's good to see others a more positive outlook on going green - with news that a French company has developed sails…

#coastalnotes – Clare County Council says it is monitoring the potential risk of coastal flooding later this weekend and on Monday. The Council says that a tidal surge and accompanying Southwest to West winds will coincide with high spring tidal…

#stormfund – Clare County Council last night (Thursday, 27 February 2014) received confirmation from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government of its decision to provide €16,205,637 to undertake repair works to local authority managed infrastructure damaged during…

#MarineWildlife - The Irish Seal Sanctuary (ISS) has lambasted "uninformed calls" for a seal cull along the west coast after a TV report on the loss of fishermen's catch in the Blasket Islands. The sanctuary's founder and director spoke out…

#MarineWildlife - Kerry TD has reiterated his call for a seal cull in the West of Ireland to help preserve a fishing industry that's been badly affected by weeks of extreme weather. According to TheJournal.ie, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae said a…

#MarineWildlife - The Irish Examiner reports on efforts to save an injured porpoise calf that was found beached on the shores of Lough Foyle yesterday (25 February). Local people managed to help the young marine mammal, which has a wound…

#FishFarm - The Marine Institute says it stands over the "quality and accuracy" of its research into the environmental impact of the proposed Galway Bay fish farm as the journal behind an alternative report acknowledged it had erred in its…

#CoastalNotes - Solutions to deal with the erosion of Ireland's coastline to not have to cost "millions", a geography lecturer tells The Irish Times. The comments by University College Cork's Dr Max Kozachenko follow a less heartening scenario described by…

#AdmiralBrown – The Argentine connection with Foxford, Co. Mayo will once again be celebrated when it commemorates the 157th anniversary of the death of its most famous son, Admiral William Brown. Admiral's Day on March 3 will be celebrated in…

#MarineWildlife - Baby seals injured in the recent severe weather have been rendered homeless after their sanctuary in Dingle was destroyed in last week's Storm Darwin. As the Irish Independent reports, the Dingle Wildlife and Seal Sanctuary is dealing with…

Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine made the following Dail Statement today about the programme to repair publically owned fishery and aquaculture related piers, slips and infrastructure in harbours damaged by recent storm events: The Irish coastline has, since…

#CoastalNotes - Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is the new owner of the Doonbeg Lodge and Golf Club on the Clare coast, as RTÉ News reports. The €15 million purchase - snapped up after it went into receivership last month -…

#WeatherWarning - Cork and Kerry are currently under a Status Red weather warning from Met Éireann as wind speeds rise to as much as 85km/h with gusts threatening to hit an incredible 160km/h by this afternoon (Wednesday 12 February). Meanwhile…