RV Celtic Explorer gets refit at Harland and Wolff, Belfast
In December 2020, the RV Celtic Explorer entered the Dry Dock at Harland and Wolff ship repair to commence a dry dock…
Read MoreIn December 2020, the RV Celtic Explorer entered the Dry Dock at Harland and Wolff ship repair to commence a dry dock…
Read MoreTo have your say on Europe’s future relationship with the ocean – click here. The ocean and waters survey is open to all…
Ireland, through its national seabed mapping programme INFOMAR, has achieved global recognition for its effort to systematically map the seabed of its entire…
July 31st 2020 marks the 175th anniversary of the Act of Parliament that created a Geological Survey in Ireland. The Act was…
Dunmore East RNLI has been saving lives off the South East coast since 1884. Since then Lifeboats based in the village have…
As we approach the busiest bank holiday of the year, Water Safety Ireland is appealing for people to swim at lifeguarded waterways…
New ambitious targets in the Programme for Government present a turning point for Ireland’s offshore wind industry. The EirWind Blueprint launched today,…
To deepen our understanding of Ireland’s Seascapes, the Marine Institute invites you to complete an online survey. The survey responses will help…
Warm weather undoubtedly means many of us will be heading to the beach but it unfortunately attracts another kind of unwelcome beach…
The Marine Institute has detected levels of naturally occurring compounds in shellfish that can cause illness in human consumers, and are warning…
Clean Coasts’ 11th annual Love your Coast photography competition is now open for entries, capture the uniqueness of our coastal communities, environments…
A Belfast Maritime Consortium led by Artemis Technologies has won a £33 million UK Government innovation grant to develop zero emissions ferries…
Coastal Communities are the focus this week on the Marine Institute’s Oceans of Learning series. The Marine Institute and partners are celebrating our world’s…
In Ireland, 1.9 million people live within 5km of the coast and many communities along the Irish coast depend on industries such…
New figures released by Water Safety Ireland (WSI) show that 105 people drowned in 2019 and that a total of 1,200 drowned…
There were 90 Blue Flags and 60 Green Coast Awards awarded this year by An Taisce. The Blue Flag programme raises environmental…
Seafood is a popular and healthy food product in Ireland with the average Irish person consuming about 22kg of fish per year….
The Irish Coast Guard and Water Safety Ireland are appealing to the public to be mindful of the drowning risk associated with…
Inland Fisheries Ireland appeals to anglers and fishery owners to report any incidences of red skin disease encountered in salmon. Inland Fisheries…
The results of the first nationally representative survey of public perception of offshore wind farms in Ireland released by MaREI, the SFI…
Water Safety Ireland is concerned that cold water, the main factor in drownings, will put lives at risk as we enter phase…
Irish Water is appealing to people to conserve water when they can. They have confirmed that there has been a significant increase…
The Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) National Fisheries College of Ireland in Castletownbere, Co. Cork is piloting the Skipper Full Certificate of Competency…
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency has announced its Aquaculture Remote Classroom (ARC) has moved temporarily online, allowing teachers access…
It could cost upwards of €10m to salvage the MV Alta, the ghost ship that ran aground in Cork, according to International…
Inland Fisheries Ireland has updated its angling guidelines to reflect the latest Government and National Public Health Emergency Team advice. From today…
Over the bank holiday weekend, Dun Laoghaire RNLI came to the aid of two people who got into difficulty on a kayak….
Landings of high value species including hake, monkfish and megrim resulted in an increase (+15%) in the overall value of landings to…
Yesterday morning the Irish Naval vessel LÉ Gerorge Bernard Shaw detained a French registered fishing vessel 180 nautical miles West of Mizen…
A new Masters module specialising in remote sensing and the principles of seabed mapping has been successfully delivered by a joint partnership…
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross announced the designation, on a temporary basis only, of five strategic maritime routes…
While many of us are confined to quarters for the next few weeks we all need something to keep us motivated and…