Tom MacSweeney and his team on Seascapes this Friday (September 4th, 2009, at 10.30pm) tell the story of how a family connection with the Titanic led an English lady to provide the money for an Irish lifeboat station.
Also on this week's Seascapes:
• Fishermen and Government make CFP plans
• Angling charters and the future of Courtmacsherry.
• Inland Waterways Developments
• St. Leo and Inishark
• Latest marine news and views
And don't forget: The Seascapes book has been published by Mercier Press to mark 1,000 editions of the programme. Click here for more information.
Seascapes, presented by RTE's Marine Correspondent Tom MacSweeney and produced by Marcus Connaughton, is broadcast at 10.30pm each Friday night and repeated at 5.02am on Monday mornings on RTE Radio 1. The programme is also available as a podcast and is broadcast twice a week on the digital station, RTE Choice, on Wednesday mornings at 7.30am and Saturday lunchtimes at 12.30pm.
24-hour recording line 1850 715 170, Email: [email protected] Maritime Desk 021 480 5828