Lorna Siggins
Lorna Siggins is a print and radio reporter, and a former Irish Times western correspondent. She is the author of Search and Rescue: True stories of Irish Air-Sea Rescues and the Loss of R116 (2022); Everest Callling (1994) on the first Irish Everest expedition; Mayday! Mayday! (2004); and Once Upon a Time in the West: the Corrib gas controversy (2010). She is also co-producer with Sarah Blake of the Doc on One "Miracle in Galway Bay" which recently won a Celtic Media Award
"Engage With Us" - Appeal By Simply Blue Group's Dr Val Cummins to Eamon Ryan
15th February 2024 Power From the Sea
Ireland is “ about five years behind other countries” on floating offshore wind, Simply Blue Group’s chief impact officer Dr Val Cummins has said. Dr Cummins was responding to a reported call by Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan on fellow…
Virtual Public Consultation On Floating Wind Farm off Scottish Coast Closes Next Monday
15th February 2024 Power From the Sea
The “virtual” consultation on the Ossian wind farm project off the Scottish coast has included four live question and answer sessions, along with availability of documentation on the project’s website. The Ossian project is a joint venture between SSE Renewables…
Coastal residents are urged to support a new campaign to save the Hen Harrier and its “captivating skydance” before it becomes extinct. BirdWatch Ireland, An Taisce and the Environmental Pillar are urging people across the country to call for a…
Marine Scientists Call on Open Water Swimmers and Coastal Walkers to Help Map Seagrass in Galway Bay
8th February 2024 Wavelength Podcast
Open water swimmers at Galway's Blackrock tower tend to swim east, but scientists would love it if they sometimes swam west – weather permitting. That’s an area rich in seagrass in Galway Bay, and one of a number of habitats…
Ireland Referred to EU Court of Justice Over River Basin Management Plan
8th February 2024 News Update
Ireland has been referred by the European Commission to its court of justice for failing to finalise revision of its river basin management plan. Ireland is one of six EU member states which have had the court referral issued to…
MCIB Report Recommends Measures After Fishing Crewman Sustains Crush Injury in Deck Incident Off Cork Coast
31st January 2024 MCIB
The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has recommended that the Minister for Transport should consider introducing regulations specific to the installation and operation of articulated hydraulic deck cranes on fishing vessels. The MCIB recommendation is one of a number issued…
Next Generation Marine Turbine For Renewable Energy Successfully Tested at University of Galway
25th January 2024 Power From the Sea
The University of Galway has confirmed the successful testing of a next-generation marine hydrokinetic turbine foil for renewable energy. The technology was designed by US-headquartered global leader in marine energy ORPC Ireland and fabricated by ÉireComposites, based Indreabhán, Co Galway.…
Royal Cork Yacht Club's First Female Admiral Annamarie Fegan (Podcast Here!)
23rd January 2024 Wavelength Podcast
“It only took 304 years…” The words of Royal Cork Yacht Club’s first female admiral, Annamarie Fegan, on her election to the post this week. As Afloat reports here, Fegan, who already broke new ground in the world’s oldest yacht…
Fishing Industry Calls on Minister for Marine to "Come Clean" Over EU-Iceland Talks on Access
22nd January 2024 Fishing
Irish fishing industry organisations have called on Minister for Marine Charlie McConalogue and his officials to “come clean” on the exact nature of talks between the EU and Iceland on fisheries. In a joint statement, the Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation…
History was made at the world’s oldest yacht club last night when Annamarie Fegan became the first female admiral of the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Fegan, who was a coastal rower before she took up sailing later in life, had…
Donegal mountaineer Jason Black and rowing partner Neil Glover have been rescued by a merchant shipping vessel at the request of the Tenerife Coast Guard after storm conditions damaged their vessel during an Atlantic row. The organisers of the C-Map…
Seas off Wexford Designated as Proposed Special Protection Area for Birds
12th January 2024 Marine Wildlife
The seas off Wexford have been designated as a proposed new special protection area (SPA) for birds by Minister of State for Heritage Malcolm Noonan. The new SPA adjoins eight existing SPAs designated for this area and will cover over…
Once a Fast Food of Dublin Bay, Oysters May Return - David Lawlor of the Green Ocean Project (Podcast)
11th January 2024 Wavelength Podcast
Diver, sailor and coffee distributor David Lawlor is not that mad about oysters – he’ll eat them out of politeness – but he is mad about what they can do as keystone species in stabilising marine habitats. That’s why he…
Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has paid tribute to businessman and renewable energy developer Eddie O’Connor, who has died at age 76 after an illness. The former Bord na Móna chief executive, who had trained as a chemical engineer…
West Cork’s Bere island has been left without power for over 24 hours after an undersea electricity cable was damaged. ESB Networks said a total of 281 customers remain affected by the power outage, which also affected the Castletownbere area…
"My Toughest 48 hours at Sea"- Pam Lee from Greystones On Her Transat Jacques Vabre Yacht Race (Podcast)
30th December 2023 Wavelength Podcast
Let’s do that again, but do it better – they are the words of a very determined Pam Lee from Greystones, who came 29th with Tiphaine Ragueneau in the 30th Transat Jacques Vabre yacht race from Le Havre to Martinique.…
Six county outdoor recreation officers are to be appointed as part of a €2 million package of measures to support the development of “County Outdoor Recreation Plans”, Minister for Rural Affairs Heather Humphreys has said. Funding of €1.28 million over…
Clipper Race "One of the Most Remarkable Challenges" for a "Rank Amateur" - Connemara Participant
28th December 2023 Clipper Race
Spare a thought for the Clipper Race participants who spent Christmas Day at sea and hope to make it to Newcastle, Australia for New Year’s Day. “Rewarding, but really, really tough” is how Connemara sailor Paddy Moran (34), on board…
BIM Distributes Over Three Tonnes of Fresh Fish Via FoodCloud to Charities over Past Seven Years
26th December 2023 BIM
Almost 8,000 fish meals distributed by the social enterprise FoodCloud to community groups and charities have come from classes with trainee fishmongers, new figures confirm. Over three tonnes of fresh salmon, cod, place and monkfish have been donated over the…
MCIB Calls for Review of Boarding and Disembarking Risk Assessments on Fish Farm Vessels
22nd December 2023 MCIB
The Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) has said that boarding and disembarking risk assessment and associated policies and procedures should “immediately be reviewed” after the serious injury of a diver working on salmon farms off the Galway coast. The 33-year-old…
