Helmsman of the Marine Institute appointed to EU Mission

Dr Peter Heffernan, who has served as chief executive of the Marine Institute in Ireland since 1993, has been appointed to European Commission's Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters. He will retire from his current…

Plastic debris located at bottom of deep submarine canyon

An expedition led by University College Cork has discovered plastic particles at a depth of 2,125m - equivalent to ten Eiffel Towers stacked - during a study of cold-water coral habits 320km due west of Dingle, Co Kerry. UCC's Marine Geology Research group was operating in the Porcupine Bank Canyon on board the Marine Institute's RV Celtic Explorer when the discovery was made.
2018 plastic pollution

Google awards project that removes microplastics from water

Irish teenager, Fionn Ferreira from Ballydehob, west Cork, has won an international science award for his project that removes microplastics from water. The project, which secured the grand prize of $50,000, investigated a new method to extract…
Bantry Bay foreshore licence map of mechanical seaweed harvesting site

Absence of licence halts review of Bantry Bay kelp appeal

Justice Deirdre Murphy of the High Court has ruled (July 29) that the court has no jurisdiction to carry out a Judicial Review of the licence granted to BioAtlantis to mechanically harvest kelp in Bantry Bay. This decision is because government…

Citizen science to explore coastal biodiversity

The National Biodiversity Data Centre has launched a citizen science project to record coastal biodiversity around the Irish coast. 'Explore your Shore' aims to empower and support volunteer citizen scientists to survey and record intertidal…

Appeals board ignores safety issues flagged in heritage harbour development plan

The Bulloch Harbour Preservation Association is seeking a Judicial Review of granted planning permission for development described as an 'ill considered proposal' at the south Dublin heritage harbour. "We need to overturn the irrational decision…

Inshore Ireland relaunches on FSC ‘eco-friendly’ paper

Refreshed, redesigned and printed on paper sourced from a forest and supply chain that is managed sustainably.  News from the marine, maritime, seafood and freshwater sectors of Ireland. 

New marine plan will eliminate foreshore and planning duplication

An inter-departmental draft statement on a marine policy for Ireland is a ‘true recognition of the importance of a fully-integrated marine planning system’.

A marine protected area network for Ireland

Children’s climate change protests have swept Europe. Concern about biodiversity loss is one facet of this protest. Biodiversity loss is caused directly by our actions and indirectly through climate change, as recorded in the hundreds of miles…