News Update
#Shannon - Two men have died while working on a crane performing bridge works on the River Shannon in Limerick city yesterday afternoon (Saturday 29 August). As BreakingNews.ie reports, the men were in a cage attached to a crane being used for remedial…
#Missing - Emergency teams have reportedly found a body in the search for two Japanese tourists missing off the Clare coast for more than a week. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Eiji Takagi (61) and Ushio Azaki (61) have not been…
#Missing - Searching resumed today (Wednesday 26 August) for a Japanese couple missing since the weekend. As BBC News reports, a car hired by the tourists in their 60s was found yesterday at Byrnes Cove in Kilkee. But it's believed it…
#stolendrascombe – A Drascombe Lugger dinghy fitted with an outboard engine has been reportedly stolen from Carrigaloe, Cork Harbour last night. Details are on the attached facebook post above.
#supernikka – Wicklow yacht designer Mark Mills has had a 'scintillating summer' in his own words following a number of international successes including his latest launching of the 62' SuperNikka to her maiden victory in the sixth edition of the Miglia…
#oliviamurphy – Irish sailing has lost one of its best-loved people with the death of Olivia Murphy of Sutton in Dublin at the age of seventy, after a gallant five month battle with cancer. Her crowded and moving funeral on…
#Missing - Independent.ie reports that the search has resumed this morning for an angling tourist missing of the Kerry coast since yesterday afternoon (Friday 14 August). It's understood that the Chinese visitor was fishing with friends off Kerry Head when…
#Acky - The Irish Times reports on tributes to Galway-based chandler Steve Ackland, who lost his life on Thursday 30 July. The Galway Maritime Ltd director, originally from Hamble in Southampton and affectionately known as 'Acky', died in hospital after…
#NewAddress - The Marine Institute is moving its Dublin office next month from 80 Harcourt Street to nearby Wilton Place, where it will be sharing the same building as the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland…
#galwayyachtdeath – A marine leisure industry professional has died after falling overboard from a yacht in Galway. It is understood the accident happened in the vicinity of Galway harbour yesterday. Update here
#AoifetoDryDock - Former Naval Service OPV LÉ Aoife which is under the ownership of the Maltese authorities having been donated by the Irish Government is to undergo a refit, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 'Emer' class OPV is to enter dry-dock…
#Croatia - Tributes have been paid to 19-year-old Galway man Eamon Buckley, who died after falling from a boat in Split harbour in Croatia. As TheJournal.ie reports, Buckley is believed to have fallen from the boat early yesterday morning (Tuesday…
#Baltimore - RTÉ News reports that the body of student Barry Davis Ryan was recovered off the coast of West Cork yesterday evening (Friday 10 July) after a week-plus search operation. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, diving volunteers from all…
#Missing - Diving volunteers from across Ireland joined the effort to search for missing student Barry Davis Ryan off West Cork yesterday (Thursday 9 July), more than a week after the tragic death of his father and girlfriend. As previously…
#BlueEconomy - Marine Minister Simon Coveney launches the latest report on Ireland's Ocean Economy at the second annual Ocean Wealth Conference, taking place in Ringaskiddy, Cork today (Friday 10 July) as part of Ireland's national maritime festival SeaFest. The report,…
#oceanwealth – Addressing the second 'Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth' Conference today, in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, Simon Coveney TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine outlined new economic research that indicates the Government's blueprint for the marine which could deliver…
