Irish Coastal Marinas News and Updates
#MARINA NEWS - A new €124 million marina development in Holyhead has been given the go-ahead by Anglesey councillors, as the North Wales Chronicle reports. The residential and retail development by Conygar Stenaline will include a 500-berth marina, restaurants, a…
#IRISH MARINAS - Two marinas were among the 11 resorts on the Northern Ireland coast awarded Blue Flag status this year. It marks a record year for Northern Ireland's water quality standards as the EU's benchmarks grow increasingly strict, and…
#MARINAS – A third Irish marina on the South Coast has earned a Gold Anchor Award this season from the Yacht Harbour Association (YHA). The small but modern Waterford city marina is located on the quays of Waterford on the…
#MARINA NEWS - Outline planning permission has been granted for a new 450-berth marina in Fishguard, according to BBC News. An 80-acre site comprising much of the south side of the harbour, near the Stena Quay used for ferry services…
An 88-berth Cork Harbour Marina located in Monkstown was officially opened on Saturday (7th of April) by Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD. Phase one of the planned 300-berth marina facility in Monkstown Co. Cork, aptly named 'Cork Harbour…
#MARINAS – In a month when Royal Cork marina in Crosshaven was rewarded for its efforts by the Yacht Harbour Association another Munster marina, Castlepark marina in Kinsale has also been granted an award under the internationally recognised marina standards…
#MARINAS – Marine Tourism facilities on the North coast get a boost today with the official opening of Portnagree House, Harbour and Marina Visitor Centre at Ballycastle harbour. The new coastal marina facility provides a welcome boost to the local…
Royal Cork Yacht Club's marina has been awarded five gold anchors by the Yacht Harbour Association and becomes the fourth facility on the coast of Ireland – and the only one on the south coast – to win the distinction.…
#MARINAS - Sandy Bay is the only "realistic" location for the development of a new marina in the Larne area, according to a local council majority. The Larne Times reports that a feasibility study of the borough, looking into the…
#PORTRUSH – A study of Portrush harbour in County Antrim is being carried out to investigate the feasibility of creating a marina facility of up to 200 berths in the Northern port. The study is sponsored by the Sail West…
#JOBS – Cork County Council have issued a notice of intention to grant planning permission to allow the expansion of Cork Harbour Marina, Monkstown to a larger and more comprehensive 285 fingered berth marina as reported previously on Afloat.ie. The…
In a bad omen for marinas in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe, Italian marina operators are facing a further decline in fortunes, according to boat industry website IBI Plus. http://www.afloat.ie/port-news/irish-marinas/ The site highlights a report in Italian newspaper Il Sole…
Phase one of a planned 300-berth marina facility in Monkstown Co. Cork, aptly named 'Cork Harbour Marina', is Ireland's newest coastal marina and is offering all year round berthing facilities for pleasure craft. The new addition to the seaside village…
The Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners have signed a contract with McLaughlin and Harvey for development of mooring facilities on the River Foyle, as part of an EU funded project. Works will be sited just downstream of the city centre…
The Yacht Harbour Association has announced that Ireland's largest marina has retained its 5 Gold Anchors after a recent re-assessment. Dun Laoghaire's superb coastal marina based in the suburbs of Dublin has 820 berths and first opened in 2001. There…
French government support of marina projects will see the creation of an extra 4,000 berths this year. http://www.afloat.ie/port-news/irish-coastal-marinas/ IBI PLus reports that nine marinas out of 25 submissions have been chosen to benefit from the government's funding of the Ports…
