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Weather has forced postponement of the Omey races on the strand separating Connemara’s Omey island from Claddaghduff. Strong winds and heavy rainfall have been forecast for the west coast on Sunday, August 4th. The Omey races had been due to…

Irish sailor Paddy Moran was on board the winning yacht for a “nail-biting finish” to the 2023-2024 Clipper Round the World Race. Moran is one of the crew of Ha Long Bay Vietnam which secured the overall win of the…

A Connemara island’s famous low Spring tide races have attracted international media over the years. The Omey meet, which once also included currach races, return next Sunday August 4th after a break of several years. As The Sunday Independent reports,…

The search for a missing sailor off the Connemara coast has been stood down after a body was located this morning (Sat). Identity details for the body have not yet been confirmed. However, the sailor reported missing on Thursday evening…

A search operation is under way off Connemara for a sailor reported missing after attempting to retrieve a small dinghy, as RTÉ News reports. A mayday call was issued from Oileán Máisean, off Carna, before 6pm on Thursday evening (6…

A petition opposing the offshore wind farm planned for the Sceirde rocks off Connemara has almost reached its target of 2,500 signatures. The petition was initiated last month after a photomontage of the planned project was published on the company…

National Champions Niall and Ronan O'Briain of Flying Fifteen Chonamara lead the 15-boat Flying Fifteen Western Championships after two races sailed in overcast and cool conditions with intermittent rain off the Galway coast. The National Yacht Club's Shane McCarthy and…

A new cruise venture in Galway Bay, rowing training and seaweed and shellfish gathering are among marine activities profiled in a new maritime TV series on Irish language television station TG4. The series Pobal Cois Fharraige profiles the stretch of…

A popular Connemara seafood aims to grow its business with €63,000 investment supported by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM). Kim Young and Reinaldo Seco, the couple who run the Misunderstood Heron seafood truck on the Killary fjord in Leenane, Co Galway,…

A south Connemara abalone aquaculture farm is one of over 100 ocean farming and marine businesses across Europe participating in an international study on the “challenges and benefits of a nature-positive economy”. The Western Development Commission (WDC) and Trinity Business…

The Connemara farmed salmon producer Cill Chiaráin Éisc Teoranta (CCET), has completed a substantial €543,000 investment with support from Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) funding. CCET, which is the production arm of the Irish Seafood Producers Group (ISPG), says it has…

An aquaculture start-up is celebrating the launch of its first seaweed farm in Connemara, as vegan business magazine Vegconomist reports. US-based Sea&Believe develops ingredients for food and cosmetics using Palmaria palmata, a red seaweed more commonly known as dillisk or…

Spare a thought for the Clipper Race participants who spent Christmas Day at sea and hope to make it to Newcastle, Australia for New Year’s Day. “Rewarding, but really, really tough” is how Connemara sailor Paddy Moran (34), on board…

The Aran islands have linked up with a new energy agency which has been established for west Galway. Gníomhaireacht Fuinnimh an Iarthar (GFI), as it is called, is one of three local energy agencies established to support homeowners, communities and…

With the Flying Fifteen national title going west for the first time this year, the 2023 season just finished on a high for the class's burgeoning Connemara fleet, with Galway boats taking first and second in Lough Derg Yacht Club's…

New residents of a Connemara island, which was once depopulated, have put an offshore exhibition together for the Clifden Arts Festival. Four artists on Turbot Island are hoping their work will be viewed on the island, and have organised a…