News Update
#Drowning - A post-mortem was expected today (Monday 11 July) on the body of a woman who drowned off the Co Clare coast yesterday morning. RTÉ News reports that the 53-year-old woman from Eastern Europe but living in Co Tipperary…
#BlackLough - The body of a woman has been recovered from Dungannon's Black Lough in the search for a missing person, as the Belfast Telegraph reports. Planned searches were ongoing in and around the Dungannon area in Co Tyrone yesterday…
#MarineAwards - The second annual Marine Industry Awards, hosted last night (Thursday 30 June) at the Radisson Blu Galway, saw Dr Dave Jackson of the Marine Institute named as Marine Industry Leader for 2016. The Marine Institute was proud to…
#SeaChange - The Marine Institute yesterday (Thursday 30 June) hosted a number of research projects highlighting important achievements made by the Government's investment in the Sea Change strategy to build capacity, support innovation and ensure the quality of our marine…
Marine Minister Creed officially opens third national marine (Ocean Wealth) conference and launches third Progress Report on Implementation of Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth today. The Minister outlined the Government’s continued commitment to blue growth and implementation of Harnessing Our Ocean…
The death yesterday of Claire Bateman of Cork has deprived the world of Irish sailing and her own community of one of the kindest, most decent, obliging and quietly yet infectiously enthusiastic people, someone who put far more into our…
Tralee Bay Sailing Club in Fenit may seem a long way from the established sailing centres in Cork, Dublin and Belfast Lough writes W M Nixon. But it is set in the heart of one of the most energetic and…
Statement On Result Of The UK EU Referendum By Minister For Agriculture, Food And The Marine Michael Creed TD
24th June 2016 News Update
"The result of the UK EU referendum has the potential to give rise to significant challenges for the Irish agri-food sector, and I am keenly aware of the concerns of those working in the sector about the UK exit decision.…
#GeldofThamesClash - Sir Bob Geldof and Nigel Farage reports the BBC News have traded insults in a nautical battle on the Thames over the EU referendum. Mr Farage led a flotilla of fishing boats up the Thames (trawlers occupying RMS St.…
#StrangfordLough - A delivery driver sustained minor injuries after his van crashed into Strangford Lough on Friday evening, according to BelfastLive. The van reportedly spun off the road near Newtownards on a stretch of Portaferry Road known for similar incidents…
#Galway - BreakingNews.ie reports that two people are dead after separate drowning incidents in Galway city yesterday afternoon (Saturday 11 June). North of the city, the body of a 19-year-old man was recovered from the River Corrib near NUI Galway…
#Kilkee - BreakingNews.ie reports that the body of a young man was recovered from the sea off Kilkee in Co Clare yesterday morning (Monday 6 June). It's believed that the 22-year-old man from north Cork may have fallen into the…
The FAST40+ Class announcement of a One Ton Cup (OTC) event in September has been given the thumbs up from Irish skipper Anthony O'Leary who competes in the new class in the Royal Cork Yacht Club entry, Antix. The first…
#Gormanston - The Air Accident Investigation Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in his 40s in a paragliding accident off Gormanston in Co Meath yesterday evening (Sunday 5 June), according to RTÉ News. The man,…
Scottish Series champ O’Malley is one of three Afloat Sailors of the Month; tune into TeamSeatonMcGovern show; and lost & found - have you seen this whale? Find the links to these stories and all the rest of today's Afloat…
#Killary - The Irish Times reports on the death of a mussel farmer in a diving incident in Connemara at the weekend. Marty Nee, who started a farm for rope-grown mussels in the area with his wife Catherine 16 years…
