On Stranger Tides | Curious wooden object washes up on Tory Island
A strange wooden fork sculpture that washed up on Tory Island last May is prompting an investigation into its mysterious origins. Officials…
Marine Matters
Net Losses | Over 14km of illegal fishing net seized last year
Last year Inland Fisheries Ireland confiscated a whopping 14.7 km of illegal fishing nets – that’s enough net to stretch from Leinster House to…
Dramatic dune erosion continues at Donegal’s popular Lagg beach
Lagg beach has seen dramatic erosion of its dunes over the last year. The popular beach in Donegal hosts some of the…
State of the art undersea cable to run from Ireland to France
A new partnership to build a massive undersea cable from Ireland to France was announced last week. Ireland-France Subsea Cable Limited in…
Ferry nice! New £2.8million Spirit of Rathlin completed and ready
A new £2.8million ferry Spirit of Rathlin that will operated between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island has been completed. It will replace the…
Swim prohibition notice at Seapoint & Blackrock extended
A temporary prohibition on swimming issued last week at Seapoint and Blackrock is to remain in place until at least the 18th. Routine water…
Temporary swimming prohibition notice at Blackrock and Seapoint
A temporary prohibition notice against swimming at Seapoint and Blackrock has been issued by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Results from water quality tests…
Four seals and a porpoise wash up on Waterford beach
Fishermen need to fish, wildlife needs the wild. Sometimes when these two ways of life overlap there can be dismal consequences. Below…
Wexford whale takes centre stage at London’s Natural History Museum
A specimen of the largest animal to ever live, a blue whale that beached in Wexford Harbour over 100 years ago, is to take…
Two stranded dolphins rescued in the Shannon estuary
Irish Whale and Dolphin members were the heroes yesterday when they came to aid of dolphins that had stranded at the mouth…
Poems from the Coast | Achaemenides by Daniel Wade
Poems from the Coast | A Maritime Poetry Series The latest in a series of Irish coastal-inspired poems by Daniel Wade. In Virgil…
Fox on the Rocks | Loyal fox sticks by friend as tide comes in
Yesterday the Kildare Animal Foundation Wildlife Unit received an urgent phonecall about an animal in trouble along the coast at Dun Laoghaire. A…
Poems from the Coast | Aground by Daniel Wade
Poems from the Coast | A Maritime Poetry Series The second in our series of Irish maritime inspired poems by the talented Dublin…
Four reasons to ban super-trawlers in Irish waters now
A visit to Irish waters last week by the super-trawler Margiris was greeted with understandable dismay by fishermen and environmentalists alike. The…
Dalkey’s Bulloch harbour development plans submitted
A plan to develop Dalkeys’s Bulloch harbour with commercial and residential units has been submitted with the planning application posted on the gate of the…
Poems from the Coast | Quayside Authority by Daniel Wade
Poems from the Coast | A Poetry Series This is the first in a series of Irish maritime inspired poems by the…
In Bray, harbour sand build-up a growing cause for concern
Serious concerns have been raised by locals about the ongoing build-up of sand in Bray harbour and the seemingly bleak future of…
EPA Report finds little progress on Ireland’s water quality
A new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ) Report has revealed some unpleasant truths about Ireland’s environment and particularly the state of its…
Massive €5 million drugs haul found on Clare beach
A suspicious item found on a beach in Liscannor Clare yesterday turned out to be a massive drugs stash containing €5 million…
Losing Ireland’s Curlew: A Bird on the Brink
The cry of the Curlew is unmistakable. It’s a haunting and beautiful sound of the Irish countryside – but sadly one that’s being heard…
Turning Point on Land and Sea | Ireland to Ratify Climate Change Agreement
On Tuesday in an important step toward combating climate change the Irish government decided to begin the process to ratify the Paris Agreement…
Hospital Ship for Irish Naval Service – A Worthy Aspiration
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he supports plans to introduce a navy hospital ship which would respond to humanitarian emergencies worldwide. He…
What’s Going On With Jellyfish? Another Beach Invasion Occurs
It was only last week when an extremely unusual mass landing of jellyfish occurred on the Irish coast, and now something similar…
The Dun Laoghaire Baths – A welcome development
The plans for the Dun Laoghaire baths, recently set in stone, have just been nailed to the facade of the long disused building….
Howth Harbour petition – It’s about dredging time!
It’s been 34 years since Howth Harbour was last dredged and more than a metre of silt build up in the harbour…
UK’s new Hinkley Point nuclear power station approved
A massive new UK nuclear power plant has been approved at Hinkley point in south-west England. Following a last-minute pause by the new…
Avians Assemble! Thousands of terns flock to Sandymount Strand
Something pretty spectacular is happening on Sandymount Strand. As the sun goes down over the sandy beach at the heart of the…
Know your Irish ships: INFOMAR survey vessel RV Keary
Seafest maritime festival just took place in Galway (June 30th – July 3rd) and not only did it attract record crowds – upwards…
From old fishing nets, opportunities for new business
We’re slowly but surely moving away from the wasteful throwaway culture where if we break it, we bin it. And this is…
Have a look onboard: US Coast Guard ship Eagle
Can’t make it down to the visiting US Coast Guard training ship the Eagle moored at Sir John Rogersons Quay in Dublin?…
Antrim drilling begins despite drinking water fears
Drilling at the controversial oil well at Woodburn Forest in Co Antrim has begun. The project has been greeted with dismay in the…
Cork opposition unwavering as incinerator hearing concludes
What’s so bad about an incinerator in Cork Harbour? An efficient waste management solution to a waste management problem, right? Well it’s…
Eight steps to survive a rip current
On Tuesday the Skerries RNLI headed rescued four swimmers that has gotten into difficulty off a local swimming area known at The…
Super trawlers are OK but no to protecting sharks?
Twenty five years ago Irish waters were declared a Whale and Dolphin sanctuary thanks to a proposal by the Irish Whale and Dolphin…
Ireland’s blue economy bears innovative fruit
The growth of Ireland’s blue economy is a testament to both effective management and strong indigenous enterprise. After years of improving management efforts…
Divers protest dumping in conservation area
A flotilla of boats and divers took part in a peaceful protest on Sunday the 24th of April against plans by Dublin…
At Merrion Strand, seagulls aren’t really the problem
A downgrading of bathing water quality at Merrion Strand in Dublin has seen a not wholly unexpected spike in talk about the menace of…
Rare Jaguar Shark spotted off West Kerry
A rare Jaguar shark has been spotted off west Kerry in a what marine scientists are calling an extremely unlikely event. The already vibrant…
Purest Shores: Are these Ireland’s best Blue flag beaches?
You should want every beach in Ireland you visit to have the coveted ‘Blue flag’. Because essentially it means everything about you visit…
Dingle Aquarium’s exciting new interactive exhibit
Dingle Oceanworld already excelled as a destination but now it’s adding another layer of unique interactivity to its wonderful aquarium. To celebrate it’s…