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Lambay's Wreck Of The Sailing Ship Tayleur Continues To Fascinate
10th November 2024 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The wrecking of the large new iron passenger sailing ship Tayleur on Lambay in 1854, while she was on passage from Liverpool to Australia, is a source of continuing fascination. This continues to be the case for all divers and…
Unseen footage of basking sharks filmed from the seabed below their extraordinary mating ritual, and orca whales in pursuit of herring are among images which international marine photographer Nigel Motyer will be showing in Dublin this week. “An Odyssey of…
International Diving Photographer Nigel Motyer Will Guide Through Wonders Of The Deep
10th October 2024 Dublin Bay Old Gaffers
The Dublin Bay Old Gaffer Association have scored a coup in getting international diver and underwater photographer and film-maker Nigel Motyer to open their 2024-2025 Winter Programme with a show in PoolbegYacht & Boat Cub in Ringsend on Thursday, October…
West Cork diver John Kearney has unveiled the first of two commercial submarines, which he hopes to use for research work. As The Irish Examiner reports, the two-person submarines were built by the Dutch company U-Boat Worx. They have been…
Smugglers' Ship MV Shingle After A Decade in Dublin Port is Sunk off Mayo Coast
19th September 2024 Diving
A former Moldovan registered ship that was smuggling cigarettes but was seized by the Revenue Commissioners a decade ago was sunk in Killala Bay in north Mayo yesterday. The 669 gross registered ton ship, the MV Shingle, was intercepted by…
New Code of Practice for the Safe Operation of Recreational Craft is Launched
17th September 2024 Water Safety
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, James Lawless, has today (17 September 2024) launched a revised and updated edition of the Code of Practice for the Safe Operation of Recreational Craft. The publication of the new Code of…
Former Smuggling Ship to be Towed to North Mayo and Sunk to Create Ireland’s First Artificial Reef
11th September 2024 Diving
In Co. Mayo, a former smuggling vessel that had been idle in Dublin Port until earlier this year is to be sunk in Killala Bay, for it to become an artificial reef. The operation reports the Western People to sink…
Previously Undocumented Shipwrecks Located on North Dublin's Portmarnock Strand
9th September 2024 News Update
Three previously undocumented shipwrecks, which may date back to the 19th century, have been located on north Dublin’s Portmarnock strand. The three were located on foot of a report by underwater photographer and drone operator Nigel Motyer during exposure of…
Shannon Navigation: Archaeological Diving Operations Between Portumna and Ballymacegan Island
27th August 2024 Inland Waterways
Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels and users of the Shannon Navigation that archaeological diving operations are taking place at Ballymacegan Island and in a number of locations between Portumna Bridge and Ballymacegan Island until next Tuesday 3 September. The…
A rare copper-sheathed rudder linked to a ship which sank in a storm off Wexford’s Carnsore Point has been located by divers. As The Sunday Independent reports, the rudder is believed to be from the ship Recovery, which was carrying…
Family Forced To Seek Help From Club Divers After Doolin Coast Guard Unit Not Available to Recover Body
23rd July 2024 Coastguard
The father of a 17-year-old from Armagh who died off the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare has questioned why the Irish Coast Guard could not recover his son’s body from the rocks. As The Sunday Independent reports, the family…
The Hook Sub-Aqua Club, based in the Hook Peninsula 20 miles south of New Ross, Co.Wexford, has laid a memorial plaque on the wreck of the SS.Lismore, which sank off Hook Head on July 11, 1924. As already reported by…
RTÉ News reports that investigations are under way after a diver died in an incident off Co Donegal on Saturday (22 June). Patrick Doran (49) from Carrick-on-Shannon got into difficulty while on a scheduled dive as part of the North…
Divers recovered a propeller from a World War I submarine on Monday, June 17 at the entrance to Cork Harbour. It is believed to be part of the wreck site of the UC-42, the German World War 1 mine-deploying submarine,…
A tourism project in Co. Mayo is waiting to hear if a decision will lead it to receiving a licence to tow a small ship into Killala Bay as part of a plan to create an artificial reef, reports the…
The annual Dive Ireland Expo is running this weekend at the Sport Ireland Campus near Blanchardstown in West Dublin. Organisers at Viking Sub Aqua Club promise “the biggest dive show ever”, with SCUBA diving featured along with snorkelling, free diving…
