News Update
From around the country, representatives of Irish Port companies have expressed frustration at the rate of progress concerning planning decisions for future developments. As RTE News reports, a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, chief executives from facilities…
Tributes have been paid to former Royal Irish Yacht Club Commodore Henry Leonard, who died on 25 September after a sailing life spanning more than half a century on Dublin Bay. Leonard, who was Commodore of the Dun Laoghaire club…
Warm tributes have been paid to diver, diving instructor, underwater photographer, and DCU assistant professor Brian Stone, who recently died at the age of 67. Brian was a university lecturer and researcher at Dublin City University whose work brought together…
Marine Notice: Bathymetric Survey Operations Along Dublin and Wicklow Coast
30th September 2026 News Update
The Department of Transport has been advised that Hydrographic Surveys Limited will undertake a geophysical survey on behalf of Iarnród Éireann under Maritime Usage Licence MUL240023. Work will commence on Thursday 1 October for a duration of four weeks, depending…
The Department of Transport as been notified by AWJ Limited that a pipeline survey will be conducted on behalf of Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) in the Irish Sea. The works will take place from Wednesday 30 September to Tuesday 6…
Swedish Tallship’s Cherbourg Call Recalls Stena Line's Former Irish Link & New Port Challenges
29th September 2026 News Update
The trainee tall ship Gunilla, the largest visitor at the recent inaugural Dublin City Council Liffey Festival, departed the capital more than a week ago to arrive at Cherbourg, France, where the ferryport faces new challenges, writes Jehan Ashmore. Recently,…
Professional adventurers Hugo and Ross Turner are preparing to attempt a 650-nautical-mile hydrofoil speed record from Land’s End to John O’Groats aboard the Mantaray M25. The “Project Wake Up” challenge is expected to take around 38 hours, with the Turner…
Oireachtas Fisheries Committee Resumes Discussion on Fisheries Amendment Bill
28th September 2026 Oireachtas
BIM and the Marine Institute are among State bodies which will be represented at an Oireachtas Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs hearing on the Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2026. The hearing on Tuesday September 29th is resuming pre-legislative scrutiny…
Irish Hot Air Balloon Championships Bring International Fleet to Lough Key
27th September 2026 News Update
The 54th Irish Hot Air Balloon Championships took place at Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, from 19–25 September 2026, bringing together pilots and crews from across Ireland and overseas for a week of competitive flying. The annual event, held in…
EU Ocean Week 2026 will take place from September 28 to October 2, bringing civil society groups, policymakers and other stakeholders together under the theme “Delivering ocean health for Europe’s future”. Organised by a coalition of Brussels-based environmental NGOs led…
Ireland is hosting European experts in Dublin for a three-day workshop to improve the use of aerial surveillance to detect marine pollution and identify polluters. Some 50 delegates from 16 European countries are attending the eighth European Maritime Safety Agency…
Streamling Aquaculture Regulation To Be Considered By Oireachtas Fisheries Committee
21st September 2026 Aquaculture
Streamlining the aquaculture regulatory system is to be considered by the Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs on Tuesday (Sept 22). IFA Aquaculture chief executive Teresa Morrissey is among those invited to the public session where pre-legislative scrutiny of…
Southampton International Boat Show has opened at Mayflower Park with more than 500 watercraft and over 250 boats assembled in its purpose-built marina for the ten-day event. As Afloat reported in its preview of the 57th Southampton show, the displays…
The Southampton International Boat Show opens at Mayflower Park on Friday, the 18th of September, for a ten-day run featuring more than 500 boats and watercraft, over 700 marine brands and a programme of watersports, demonstrations and live entertainment. Among…
Sanctioned Russian Tanker Monitored by Air Corps Off West Coast During Trump Visit
15th September 2026 News Update
A sanctioned Russian tanker was monitored by the Air Corps off the west coast during the visit to Doonbeg, Co Clare, by US president Donald Trump. As The Irish Independent reports, a crude-oil tanker recently renamed the Dozor was within…
Last Sunday (August 30th), the normally quiet and secluded shore of Dromaan on the west side of Lough Derg witnessed a Pink invasion. The Women on Water group from Lough Derg Yacht Club hosted a spectacular floating celebration, raising awareness…
