Lighthouses of Ireland News

Valentia Island lighthouse in County Kerry features in the Great Lighthouses of Ireland, programme three on Sunday, May 22nd, RTÉ One

History of Lighthouse Optics Explored in RTE's Great Lighthouses of Ireland This Sunday

17th May 2022 Lighthouses

Great Lighthouses of Ireland (series two, programme three) continues this Sunday, May 22nd 2022 on RTÉ One TV at 6.30 pm Lighthouse technology is constantly evolving, ensuring that lights are as bright as possible for the safety of the mariner…

The Northern Lighthouse Board has been named as a finalist in the Working Families Best Practice Awards. The NLB which is the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland, is also responsible for the waters surrounding the Isle of Man.

Northern Lighthouse Board Is Announced as Finalist in 'Working Families Best Practice Awards'

16th May 2022 Lighthouses

The Northern Lighthouse Board which is responsible for the waters surrounding Scotland and the Isle of Man, has been named as a finalist in the Working Families Best Practice Awards. The NLB has been shortlisted in the category Best for Mental Health…

Vacancy for Senior Operations Officer (Chief Officer) ILV Granuaile

11th May 2022 Jobs

Irish Lights is recruiting for a Senior Operations Officer (SOO) to fill a challenging and rewarding role on board their multi-purpose DP 1 vessel, Granuaile. THE SHIPILV Granuaile is a multifunctional vessel that primarily operates in the waters around the…

Series two, programme two of The Great Lighthouses of Ireland will feature The Bull Rock on Sunday, May 15th on RTÉ One

Admiral Beaufort, Storm Ophelia and The Bull Rock Feature in Programme Two of Great Lighthouses of Ireland This Sunday

10th May 2022 Lighthouses

The hugely popular* Great Lighthouses of Ireland is back for a second series with more stories about the lighthouses around Ireland’s coast and the extraordinary men and women who lived and worked in them, including the lightship keepers whose working…

Starting at the Fastnet (above) off the Co. Cork coast, one of the world’s finest lighthouses, Great Lighthouses of Ireland, series two, programme one airs on Sunday, May 8th, RTÉ One

RTE's Great Lighthouses of Ireland Returns for a Second Series in Early May

24th April 2022 Maritime TV

Commissioners of Irish Lights buoy-laying vessel, ILV Granuaile at Cammell Laird shipyard, where the 2,625t ship underwent an Intermediate dry-docking. The vessel's homeport is Dun Laoghaire Harbour, where a marine depot is located along with CIL's headquarters.

Irish Lights Vessel Underwent Intermediate Dry-Docking on Merseyside

14th April 2022 Lighthouses

As previously reported on Afloat, Cammell Laird, the Merseyside shipbuilder and engineering facility has been kept busy with dry-docking a range of ships among them the Commissioners of Irish Lights vessel ILV Granuaile, writes Jehan Ashmore. The aids to navigation vessel…

Northern Lights: The NLV Pharos, a Scottish lighthouse /aids to navigation tender which is at Harland & Wolff, Belfast last week to undergo a scheduled 'Special Survey'. The vessel operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board is seen in the early stages of arrival at Belfast Dock, a dry-dock which measures 335m x 50.29m.

Northern Lighthouse Board's Aids to Navigation Tender Dry-Docks for 'Special Survey' at H&W Belfast Shipyard

6th April 2022 Lighthouses

Northern Lighthouse Board’s aids to navigation vessel NLV Pharos which operates in Scottish waters, is currently at Harland & Wolff's Belfast shipyard for a scheduled dry-docking which happens twice in a 5 year-period, writes Jehan Ashmore. Commenting to Afloat, Mike…

Vacancy for Engineering Operations Manager (Chief Engineer) ILV Granuaile

24th March 2022 Jobs

Irish Lights is recruiting for an Engineering Operations Manager (Chief Engineer) for a challenging and rewarding management role on board their multi-purpose DP 1 vessel, Granuaile. THE SHIPILV Granuaile is a multifunctional vessel that primarily operates in the waters around…

Discontinue DGPS: After careful consideration of results of a comprehensive user consultation process, the General Lighthouse Authorities for UK and Ireland (Irish Lights) have concluded their Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) is no longer required and have made the decision that the system be discontinued from 31 March 2022. Above Irish Lights aids to navigation vessel ILV Granuaile off the pierhead of Wicklow Port.

Irish Lights Among General Lighthouse Authorities to Discontinue Differental (DGPS) in March 2022

24th February 2022 Lighthouses

The three General Lighthouse Authorities (GLA) in the UK and Ireland (Trinity House, Northern Lighthouse Board & Irish Lights) as Afloat reported in 2020, will discontinue their Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) service in March 2022. (Click Irish Lights reminder of discontinuation of…

Irish Lights aids to navigation vessel ILV Granuaile (named after the 16th century Mayo pirate queen) has been the workhorse for more than two decades in the servicing of offshore buoys and lighthouses off the entire Irish coast in addition to providing other multifunctional duties. The Dun Laoghaire Harbour based vessel is seen alongside its homeport berth at St. Michaels Wharf, where the scene captures buoys on the aft-deck which is at the centre of operations with the use of a 20t (20m outreach) crane in a raised position. While an accompanying tender cautiously approaches the starboard side.

Irish Lights Look to Future Replacement of Aids to Navigation Vessel ILV Granuaile

2nd February 2022 Lighthouses

The Commissioners of Irish Lights, the General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) responsible for aids to navigation in waters off Ireland, operates the buoy-laying vessel ILV Granuaile which this year entered its 23rd year in service, writes Jehan Ashmore. For more than…

Ballybunion Buoy being unhooked from crane in Dun Laoghaire, ready to be towed to Irish Lights ship ILV Granuaile

Met Éireann & Irish Lights Collaborate to Improve Safety for Coastal Inhabitants & Mariners

1st February 2022 Lighthouses

Met Éireann and Irish Lights are pleased to announce a joint collaboration that will enhance our understanding of Irish Coastal Waters, with the aim of improving safety for coastal inhabitants and mariners. Safety of the mariner and the public has…

Visitors to the Co Wexford lighthouse can take part in art workshops and St Bridget's Cross-making

St. Bridget's to be Celebrated at Hook Lighthouse with Traditional Festival

30th January 2022 Lighthouses

Co. Wexford's world-famous Hook Lighthouse will celebrate St. Bridget next weekend with an "Imbolc" traditional festival marking the beginning of spring. Imbolc marks the feast of St Bridget - known as the fire goddess as well as being the patron…

Irish Lights, the organization responsible for safety and navigation services at sea, welcomes the signing of the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation as a positive step forward in international maritime safety.

Ireland Sign Convention on the International Organisation for Marine Aids to Navigation

26th January 2022 Lighthouses

Ireland has signed today the Convention on the International Organisation for Marine Aids to Navigation. The purpose of the Convention is to change the status of the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities or IALA (see…

The almost 200-year-old Haulbowline lighthouse guarding the mouth of Carlingford Lough

Bicentenary of Carlingford's Haulbowline Lighthouse Approaches

5th January 2022 Lighthouses

Lee Maginnis notes the 200th anniversary of the great granite Haulbowline Lighthouse on the County Louth coast will be in 2024 Haulbowline Lighthouse, that feat of granite engineering sitting on a wave-washed rock in the mouth of Carlingford Lough. Northern…

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Irish Lights Recruiting for Coastal Operations & Property Manager

22nd December 2021 Jobs

Are you up for the challenge of managing the network of lighthouses around the coast of Ireland? If so, the Commissioners of Irish Lights want to hear from you. The agency is now recruiting for the role of Coastal Operations…

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Vacancy for a Navigation Advisory Services Officer (Shore-based) - Specified Purpose Contract

2nd November 2021 Jobs

Irish Lights is currently recruiting a Navigation Advisory Services Officer on a specified purpose contract for a minimum duration of 8 months. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced mariner with sea-going and/or shore-based experience. The role will report…