News Update
#Missing - RTÉ News reports that an air and sea search and rescue operation to locate a missing person off Howth in North Dublin has been suspended. According to the Howth Coast Guard, rescue crews including the Howth RNLI inshore…
#Protest - Greenpeace protestors got up close and personal with a yacht backed by Russia's state oil giant competing in last weekend's Barcolana Regatta in Trieste, Italy. A photo posted on the Greenpeace International Facebook page shows a RIB carrying…
#Missing - The body recovered off the Antrim coast last Friday has been confirmed as that of a the Polish national who went missing while sea angling with friends in Portrush a month ago. Last weekend Afloat.ie reported on the recovery…
Coveney Hails 'Strong Budget' For Marine Sector As Sport Faces Further Cuts
16th October 2013 News Update
#Budget14 - Ireland's marine sector receives an increased capital allocation of €10 million, while the Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) will each get a funding boost for 2014, as details of the latest Budget emerged yesterday (15 October).…
#NewsUpdate - Search and rescue teams recovered a body from the water off Howth late last night (Monday 14 October). RTÉ News reports that the alarm was raised shortly after 9pm last night for a missing person, with the search…
#NewsUpdate - The Irish Times is reporting that a women has drowned while swimming off Achill Island yesterday afternoon (Thursday 10 October). Local coastguard members responded to an emergency call just after 3pm yesterday after the woman, who was swimming…
#NewsUpdate - Galway Bay FM reports that a postmortem will be carried out today on the body of a fisherman taken recovered the sea off Inishbofin early this morning (Friday 11 October). The man, from Cill Chiaráin in Co Galway,…
#NewsUpdate - TheJournal.ie reports that Naval Service divers yesterday recovered a body from the sea off Co Clare during the search for a missing fisherman. As reported Monday on Afloat.ie, the Latvian national was angling with friends near Fanore when…
#Missing - RTÉ News reports that a search and rescue effort resumes this morning for a fisherman missing off Co Clare after he was washed into the sea yesterday evening (6 October). The Latvian national was angling with friends off rocks…
#News - A body has been recovered by divers from the River Shannon in Limerick city today (4 October), as RTÉ News reports. Divers with Limerick Search and Rescue had been taking part in the major search operation for missing…
#Radio - RTÉ Radio's Documentary on One strand has made the shortlist of the 2013 Prix Italia broadcasting awards for a wonderful tale of a connection made across the ocean. Listed among the top three for 'Overall Quality' in the awards shortlist,…
Family Of Missing Angler Arrive In Northern Ireland As Search Continues
19th September 2013 News Update
#Missing - The search continues on the North Antrim coast for a missing man thought to have been swept out to sea while angling at the weekend. The man has been named as 38-year-old Polish national Jaroslaw Andrykiewicz, who had…
#BoatVandals - Gardaí in North Donegal are looking for vandals who wrecked two boats with a combined worth of over €10,000 off Downings Pier late on Tuesday night (17 September). Donegal Daily reports that the fishing boats owned by local…
#Missing - The Irish Times reports that the search for a sea angler missing off the North Antrim coast has been postponed due to today's dangerously high winds. The PSNI has also urged members of the public wishing to help…
#Crime - The Irish Times is reporting that a body has been discovered on Portmarnock Beach in North Dublin this morning (12 September). The news comes just two days after the body of a man in his 40s was found…
#News - TheJournal.ie reports that the body of a man in his 40s was found on Mornington Beach in Co Meath this morning (10 September). Gardaí are investigating the incident and the scene near Bettystown has been sealed off for…
