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The Marine Institute welcomes 22 undergraduate students this month to its facilities in Oranmore, Co Galway and Newport, Co Mayo as part of the 2024 Summer Bursary Scholarship Programme. The bursary scheme enables students to gain valuable practical experience and…

Twenty-four dinghies are entered in Monkstown Bay Sailing Club’s Class 1 dinghies June League. Racing in Cork Harbour is on Tuesdays and Fridays. The 505 crew of Brian Jones and Gary Frost are leading the class after five races, with…

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin, alongside Waterways Ireland, were in Clones on Wednesday (19 June) to officially open Phase 2 of the Ulster Canal redevelopment project, following a more than €20 million investment. The redevelopment project was carried…

Owen O’Connell leads Cove Sailing Club’s Wednesday night Dinghy League, racing his TR3. He is on 10 points, ahead of Rankin No.12, sailed by Maurice and Frances Kidney, on 12. David Radley is third on 15. Seventeen boats have raced…

The Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation based in Castletownbere, West Cork, has called on the Minister for the Marine to meet with it to discuss a Liquidity Scheme to assist the struggling inshore sector and ensure its very…

They may call it the Crosshaven Traditional Boat Weekend, but if it hadn’t been for the presence of the Cornish lugger Barnabas, the traditional boats would have been on the sidelines in face of the impact of classic timber yachts…

The Irish Marine Federation (IMF) attended the European Boating Industry (EBI) General Assembly in Barcelona earlier this month. Hosted by the Spanish member, Asociación Nacional de Empresas Nauticas (ANEN), in collaboration with the Marina Port Vell, the Port of Barcelona…

The importance of aquaculture in providing a sustainable food supply was highlighted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) director general Dr Qu Dongyu on a recent visit to south Galway bay. Speaking at Kellys’ Oyster farm, Dr Dongyu…

The economic gap between the north and west of Ireland and the rest of the State is growing, with underinvestment in infrastructure such as ports, a conference has heard. The challenges facing rural and island communities were discussed at the…

The past weekend’s weather experience of “Four Seasons In A Day” may have disrupted the sailing programme for the Crosshaven Traditional Boat Weekend, but some interesting boats had made their way to the venue beforehand, and classic yacht connoisseurs had…

Two young Irish sailors are set to play leading parts in this year’s running of the biennial Newport to Bermuda Race. Luke Galvin and Eoin McKeon - both ‘graduates’ of the Irish National Sailing School in Dun Laoghaire – will compete…

24 Water Wags turned out for the AIB DBSC race on Wednesday evening  June 19th at Dun Laoghaire.  Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three round windward leeward course with a final fourth beat to finish at the weather mark…

Big Dream, Little Boat is the brilliant title for Kevin O’Sullivan’s book, just published by Liffey Press, on his circumnavigation of Ireland solo by kayak. The retired Aer Lingus pilot, who has been very involved with the sea scouts in…

The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the rowing team that will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. A record number of crews has qualified for Team Ireland at these Games, with sixteen athletes to compete…

The National Yacht Club's Shane MacCarthy and Hugh McNally are the top Irish performers after the opening two races of the Flying Fifteen British Isles Championships 2024 at Strangford Lough Yacht Club. The Dun Laoghaire pair posted a 5 and…

Northern Ireland's Gordon Patterson and Ross Nolan from the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club are lying third after day three of the Squib UK Nationals at the Royal Forth Yacht Club. This morning (Wednesday) there was absolutely no wind…