News Update
Lucy Watson launched the 62nd London Boat Show at ExCeL London, which runs from 8-17th January 2016, aboard the Sunseeker 131, the largest boat ever launched at the show, priced at around £16M. Ireland is represented at the show by…
#Missing - A body recovered from the sea near Galway City yesterday is believed to be that of missing student Michael Bulger, as TheJournal.ie reports. The body was spotted offshore by a search party volunteer near Ardfry Point in Oranmore,…
#Flooding - Met Éireann confirms that further flooding is expected as prolonged falls of very heavy rain begin tonight (Friday 11 December) continuing through Saturday with totals of 30 to 50mm on lower ground. Towns and villages along the Shannon…
'Flooding in Ireland Will Worsen Without Climate Change Deal' - MEP Kelly
10th December 2015 News Update
"Ireland will be one of the hardest-hit countries in Europe and suffer more coastal and river flooding incidents in future, if a deal to limit global warming is not achieved in Paris," said Seán Kelly MEP, a member of the…
#BusCrash - HM Coastguard teams from Bangor and Portaferry were on the scene at Strangford Lough this morning (Wednesday 9 December) after a bus crashed from Portaferry Road onto the beach below. No passengers were on board when the Ulsterbus…
#MalahideYC - Malahide Yacht Club has put its Sports Capital Grant allocation to good use with the purchase of new dinghies and sails. According to the Swords Gazette, the €44,000 grant was used to procure six new sailing dinghies, two…
Sutton Dinghy Club Settles With Former Instructor Over Finger Incident
4th December 2015 News Update
#SuttonDC - A former sailing instructor has settled her case against Sutton Dinghy Club over an incident in which she lost a finger. As The Irish Times reports, representatives for Hannah Fitzsimons alleged that she had been "required to carry…
#AoifeArrivesMalta – The former LÉ Aoife (P22) donated by the Irish Government and which is now known as ‘P62’ completed today a week-long delivery voyage from Cork Harbour to Valetta, Malta, writes Jehan Ashmore. P62 was yesterday underway in the…
An anchor winch malfunction onboard a ship causes a fire and leaves her crew running for cover before the anchor chain snaps and runs out
#AoifeVoyageMalta - ‘Aoife’ (P62) departed Cork Harbour for the final time marking an end of an era for the Naval Service, as she passed Roches Point Lighthouse bound for Malta to serve a new career yet remain in a naval…
'Aoife' Departs Cork Harbour for Sea Trials Prior to Career with Maltese Navy
16th November 2015 News Update
#AoifeSeaTrials - The former Naval Service OPV LÉ Aoife (P22) which underwent a refit at Cork Dockyard to prepare for a new career with the Maltese Navy departed today for sea-trials, writes Jehan Ashmore The 1,019 tonnes OPV (new pennant…
#Portmarnock - An investigation is under way after the discovery of a severed human foot on Portmarnock Beach last week. According to The Irish Times, the "skeletal remains" were found by a walker on the north Co Dublin beach on…
#Missing - Naval Service divers have recovered a body from the sea in the search for a missing Clare man, as The Irish Times reports. The grim discovery was made yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 28 October) close to where local man Stephen…
#WhaleBoat - A nurse from Northern Ireland was among those who assisted survivors of the tragic whale boat capsize in Canada at the weekend, as BBC News reports. Five people – all British – died and a sixth, an Australian…
#Missing - Searching resumed this morning (Tuesday 27 October) for a 19-year-old Clare man feared to have fallen into the sea. The Irish Times reports that the man from the Quilty area was last seen on Sunday night (25 October)…
#Tragedy - A couple from Northern Ireland have drowned in South Africa just days after their wedding, as RTÉ News reports. The bodies of 28-year-old John Rodgers and his 26-year-old wife Lynette from Holywood, Co Down were found on Friday…
