INFOMAR mapping the foundations of Ireland’s Ocean Economy
Ireland, through its national seabed mapping programme INFOMAR, has achieved global recognition for its effort to systematically map the seabed of its entire…
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Defending Ireland’s Coastline | Irish Torpedo Boats in the 1940s
When war came to Europe in 1939, Ireland needed boats to protect her waters and her neutrality. With the establishment of Marine and…
World Polar Bear Day | Celebrating the Irish Bear on Top of the World!
February 27th is International Polar Bear Day – a great excuse to celebrate these incredible arctic animals as well give an important…
Best Irish Seafood Festivals 2020 | Coast Monkey’s Essential Guide
All over Ireland, villages and coastal communities are beginning to plan their seafood festivals this year, to share the very best of…
Ireland’s coast: Through the eyes of the map maker
The Irish coast is forever changing and map makers know this better than most. Down through the centuries cartographers representations of Ireland have transformed from efforts…
Free-floating Canadian barge wanders 3000km across the Atlantic Ocean
It’s surprising some of the things that manage to make their way across the vast Atlantic Ocean and end up on Irish…
Wreck Viewer | New website shares details on shipwrecks around Ireland
A great new resource for anyone interested in Irish maritime history has been launched today by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and…
On Shark Awareness Day, Watch out for Dangerous Exclamation Marks!
Sharks in the media typically come with an exclamation. Watch out! There’s one right there. The implication, usually reinforced in the text,…
Government rush to enshrine Voisinage Fishery Arrangement
The government is seeking to fix a legal discrepancy exposed following a Supreme Court judgement that found Northern Ireland vessels fishing for mussels…
€6.7m EU boost to improve bathing waters in Ireland and Wales
A €6.7m EU-backed initiative to combat the effects of pollution on bathing waters in Wales and Ireland has been announced by Minister…
Meet The Fleet | The Eight Big Ships of Ireland’s Naval Service
The Irish Naval Service for 70 years has been providing fisheries protection, sea patrols, surveillance and smuggling prevention. Ireland’s maritime territory is not small….
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…
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…
Get onboard for an Inspiring Adventure
You should have at least one great adventure in your life. Something big that never leaves you. Something that in the retelling fills you…