Irish Harbours
Mayo Woman Joanna McNulty Calls For National Policy on Regular Cleaning Of Piers and Slipways
1st June 2026 Irish Harbours
More lives will be lost if there is not a national policy on regular cleaning of piers and slipways, a Mayo woman has warned. Joanna McNulty was speaking to The Sunday Independent about the campaign she initiated after the death…
More than €4.8 million has been allocated to 57 marine infrastructure projects around the Irish coast under the 2026 Local Authority Marine Infrastructure Scheme. The funding package, announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon and Minister…
More than €500,000 in State funding has been allocated to five marine infrastructure projects in West Cork as part of a nationwide €4.8 million coastal investment scheme. The funding, announced by Minister of State for Fisheries Timmy Dooley, will support…
Hazardous Chemicals Not Needed To Keep Piers, Steps and Slipways Safe - Coastwatch
7th May 2026 Coastal Notes
Coastwatch has urged local authorities to ensure that hazardous chemicals are not being used to clean slipways and sea steps. A report published by the NGO today says that its volunteers were able to clean sample areas in a national…
Donegal County Council is carrying out plough dredging at Buncrana Harbour in Lough Swilly between until next Friday 15 May, subject to operational and weather constraints. Dredging operations are along the berthing face of Buncrana Pier, for a distance of…
Minister of State Timmy Dooley visited Dunmore East Fishery Harbour Centre on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, as part of an official tour of key fishing ports. He was joined by Government Chief Whip Mary Butler and Councillor Adam Wyse, Mayor…
Ireland’s dredging activity over the past decade has been concentrated in a small number of major ports, according to an Afloat analysis of Environmental Protection Agency dumping-at-sea licence records, available via the EPA Dumping at Sea Permit Register. That concern…
Work seems set to begin at last on the long-awaited extension of Inis Oírr’s pier with the arrival of heavy machinery this week. Ferry operators and residents of the southernmost Aran island have long argued they need a pier extension…
Howth Harbour in Co Dublin has been awarded €4 million for dredging under a €27 million national investment programme for fishery harbours and marine infrastructure. The funding forms part of the 2026 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, announced…
Dublin Port has begun a €2.5 million programme of repairs to the Great South Wall following storm damage. The five-week works focus on rock armour displaced during December’s Storm Bram, described as the fifth strongest storm ever recorded on the…
Ireland’s seafood sector received more than €48 million in state funding in 2025, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. A total of €21.9 million in grant aid supported 1,606 operations under the Seafood Development Programme. The…
Fishing Port and Harbour Infrastructure on Agenda for Oireachtas Commitee
20th October 2025 Irish Ports
The Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs will discuss capital and infrastructure issues for fishing ports and harbours with stakeholders on Tuesday (Oct 21). The meeting at 11am in Committee Room 2 of Leinster House will be split into…
Funding for a business case to improve Mayo’s Roonagh pier has been approved by Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht Dara Calleary. The sum of €157,300 has been sanctioned to prepare the preliminary business case for improvements,…
Funding of Over €35m For Long-Awaited Inis Oírr Pier Extension Announced by Two Ministers
28th August 2025 Island News
Funding of €35.75 million has been approved for the Inis Oírr pier extension project on the southernmost Aran island in Galway Bay. Described as a “flagship infrastructure project under the Government's National Development Plan”, the funding approval has enabled Galway…
Minister of State for Fisheries and the Marine, Timmy Dooley TD, opened the Small Craft Harbour Building at Ros an Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre on Friday, June 13th. The event highlighted the ongoing development in the area. During his visit,…
Independent Senator Victor Boyhan has joined the Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Marine Affairs. His experience includes serving as a former director of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company. The committee met on 20 May 2025 to outline its work programme. Boyhan…
