Wavelength Podcast with Lorna Siggins
The Eurocean Youth Network and the Work of Irish Maritime Ambassador Domonique Gillen
28th April 2022 Wavelength Podcast
Several months ago, images of a long silver streak on the water surface of the Bay of Biscay went viral on social media. The streak was created by an estimated 100,000 dead fish dumped by Dutch-owned trawler Margiris, one of…
University of Cambridge Researcher on How Wasteful it is to Feed Wild Fish to Rear Farmed Salmon
14th April 2022 Wavelength Podcast
Farmed salmon is Britain’s largest food export by value – more valuable than anything else except beer. Sounds impressive, but nutritious wild fish caught to sustain salmon farming is being squandered a new study maintains. Scientists analysing the Scottish salmon…
An Avoidable Collision Course - Caitlín Uí Aodha on the Fishing Industry's Concerns About Lack of Consultation on the Impacts of Offshore Renewables
2nd April 2022 Wavelength Podcast
The devastating invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s forces has focused minds on reducing energy dependence on Russia, with Ireland Inc gearing up to be the “Saudi Arabia” of offshore renewable. However, the Government’s delay in setting up a liaison…
SOS Bearna Opposes Galway County Plan to Permit Building to Within 15 metres From the Shoreline
18th March 2022 Wavelength Podcast
When former president Mary Robinson was speaking about the horrific invasion of Ukraine on RTE’s Late Late Show last week, she reminded us that climate change hasn’t gone away. SOS Bearna is the name of a community group in Galway…
Dr Karen Weekes: First Irish Woman to Row Solo Across the Atlantic (Podcast)
5th March 2022 Wavelength Podcast
“So your boat goes up the size of the wave, and then it goes down a bit and sometimes you might surf it or whatever but yeah, they were very very big..”. I’m useless at measuring things, I don’t know…
Donegal-born former Army Ranger, lifeguard, diver and swim instructor Henry O'Donnell broke his neck during the bicycle section of a triathlon 30 years ago, but hasn't looked back since his recovery. Anrí Ó Dómhnaill, a father and grandfather, has trekked…
Russian Military Exercises Raise Some Serious Questions - Former Defence Forces Chief of Staff Mark Mellett
3rd February 2022 Naval Visits
The Russian military exercises which had been due to take place within Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone ( EEZ) raise some serious questions, according to former Defence Forces chief of staff Mark Mellett. Mellett believes the Russian Federation’s original plan was…
A spectacular meteor shower, a close encounter with a hammerhead shark and a brief refuge for exhausted storm petrels – these are just some of the recent experiences recorded by Dr Karen Weekes on her solo row across the Atlantic.…
“Will I ever be able to sail again?” These were the first words Rachel Gotto remembers asking a close friend after coming round from major brain surgery. Gotto has spent her life on, in and around the sea, as one…
Irish Rower Karen Weekes & Her Solo Row Across the Atlantic to Barbados (Podcast with Shore Manager Suzanne Kennedy)
24th December 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Dr Karen Weekes will be spending Christmas Day, New Year’s day and more at sea on her 3,000-mile row from the Canaries to the Caribbean in her bid to become the first Irish woman to row solo across the Atlantic.…
Catherine Merrigan & Living Among the Puffins on Skellig Michael
10th December 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Living on a small island in a cabin with no electricity or running water for five months of the year may not be for everyone, but Skellig Michael's Catherine Merrigan wouldn’t miss a season since she began working as a…
Harbourmaster Capt Darren Doyle on Port of Waterford's New Interceptor 48 Pilot Boat
26th November 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Boatbuilder Frank Kowalski of Safehaven Marine Ltd in Youghal, Co Cork, could certainly give the makers of Deadliest Catch a run for their money with his cool videos set to stirring musical scores. One of his latest is of sea…
Galway Harbour 'Nordlyset' Shipwreck Anchor Should be Retrieved as Part of City’s Maritime History
12th November 2021 Wavelength Podcast
There’s rarely a weekend when there isn’t some activity in and around Galway’s Claddagh basin. Earlier last month, the Galway Hooker Sailing Club and Port of Galway Sea Scouts launched the 96-year old gleoiteog, Loveen, which was refurbished during the…
Saturday's Shackleton Autumn School Has Packed Line Up of Speakers on Adventurer's Expeditions (Podcast)
28th October 2021 Wavelength Podcast
A century ago, a ship called The Quest was at sea between Lisbon and Madeira on what was to be Ernest Shackleton’s final expedition. This coming January, the centenary of the adventurer’s death in Antarctica will be marked with a…
What weighs almost five kilos and ranges in subjects from archaeology to zoology, with Atlantic tsunamis, Viking raids and the Irish coast’s role in cinema in between? The first Coastal Atlas of Ireland is ambitious and multidisciplinary. Between its 893…
The America's Cup: A Great Opportunity for Ireland, Says Cup Expert Marcus Hutchinson
1st October 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Ireland is in a far strong negotiating position over the America's Cup than it may realise, and should set clear conditions if it is going to host the event, according to international sail racing project manager Marcus Hutchinson. It is…
