News Update
Marine Notice: Installation Works for Grace Hopper Subsea Cable in Irish EEZ
27th May 2021 News Update
Following the start of route clearance and pre-lay operations last month, SubCom will carry out cable installation works along the route of the Grace Hopper subsea fibre optic cable system route in the Irish EEZ from this weekend. The first…
NATO Warships Off North Wales Coast Anchor Ahead of 'Largest Military Exercise in Europe'
7th May 2021 News Update
Two large naval warships which were spotted off North Wales this week, have berthed at the Port of Liverpool (Afloat adds, this morning they departed into the Irish Sea). The Royal Canadian Navy's Royal Danish Navy's HDMS Absalon and HMCS…
Construction is due to start shortly on the County Wicklow extreme foiler design of the new 60’ Flying Nikka from the drawing board of Mark Mills. The Cetilar branding for Roberto Lacorte’s Flying Nikka has been revealed by its sponsor PharmaNutra…
A citizen archaeologist may have spotted the remains of two previously unknown medieval logboats in the River Boyne. Last week, The Irish Times reported on Anthony Murphy’s drone footage of a rectangular object in the riverbed captured on Monday 26…
Green Rebel Marine will conduct a geophysical survey campaign over 15 days between this Monday 26 April and Friday 4 June, weather depending. The works, which will involve the use of multibeam echo-sounder and sub-bottom profiling systems, will take place…
In Friday’s Irish Times (23 April), RTÉ news broadcaster Bryan Dobson writes a length about his passion for sailing. Inspired by his earliest experiences afloat — in a small boat his father-in-law sailed out of Bullock Harbour in Dalkey — and…
Marine Notice: Route Clearance & Pre-Lay Run for Subsea Fibre Optic Cable in Irish EEZ
24th April 2021 News Update
The Department of Transport has been advised of a route clearance and pre-lay grapnel run, on behalf of SubCom LLC, across the pathway of the Grace Hopper subsea fibre optic cable system route in the Irish EEZ. Operations were set…
You may remember a little while back, we were recording the sad yarn of Don Street losing his beloved vintage clinker-built service tender Red Rocket when a freakish October gale swept over Glandore pier, and removed everything in its way,…
Tom Crean Features In New Stamp Set Celebrating Ireland’s Role in Epic Antarctic Expeditions
18th April 2021 News Update
An Post has issued a new set of four stamps celebrating eight Irish men who played a significant role in the epic Antarctic expeditions of the 1800s and early 1900s. Irish men were at the heart of the pioneering expeditions…
The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport advises that Kinsale Energy will undertake diving operations at the Kinsale and Seven Heads Gas Fields for decommissioning on and around the subsea infrastructure. These works are due to commence on…
When the Duke of Edinburgh died aged 99 on Friday, it took a while before the hundreds of public appreciations of his remarkable life began to mention the fact that sailing played a very important role in it. Yet although…
CH Marine Prepare to Launch ICOM's World's First Marine VHF Hand-Portable Radio with Integrated AIS Receiver
5th April 2021 News Update
Two-way radio communications manufacturer Icom has launched the world's first marine VHF hand-portable radio with an integrated AIS receiver as well as DSC and GPS. The IC-M94DE is the first handheld marine radio that offers users receive information broadcast by…
New International Feasibility Studies Institute in Ireland Will Focus On The Growing Maritime Sector
1st April 2021 News Update
A secretive organisation known as SFA (the Studying Feasibility Alliance) is working behind the scenes to encourage the establishment of a professional body for one of the fastest-growing business sectors in the marine and other spheres in Ireland, the lucrative…
The Department of Transport has been advised that the MOVE 2 Survey of the mobility of sediment waves and sand banks will be carried out from this Friday 26 to next Tuesday 30 March in the Irish Sea between Wicklow…
Offshore Drilling at Southwest Kinsale Gasfield as Well Decommissioning Works Begin
22nd March 2021 News Update
PSE Kinsale Energy advises that it is engaging in works to decommission subsea wells at the Southwest Kinsale, Seven Heads and Ballycotton gasfields from this week for the next eight months. Weather depending, advance works were set to begin between…
Running from 2021-2027, Horizon Europe will be the most ambitious research and innovation programme in the world with a budget of €95 billion. Building on the achievements of Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe offers a broad range of opportunities for Irish…