Wavelength Podcast with Lorna Siggins
Turbot Islanders Life in Lockdown off the Coast of Galway (Podcast)
15th April 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Turbot Island's main claim to fame has been its sighting by trans-Atlantic aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown before they crash-landed at Derrygimlagh bog in north Connemara on June 15th, 1919. Turbot or “Inishturbot” is a few miles west…
Galway Port's Potential as a Hub for Renewable Ocean Energy & More - Harbourmaster Capt Brian Sheridan (PODCAST)
8th April 2021 Wavelength Podcast
No fire brigade, no doctors, no ambulance service – when a problem arises at sea, seafarers have to tackle it themselves. That’s what makes the seafarer a “special breed” who is always “solution-focused”, according to Port of Galway harbourmaster Capt…
It Makes Economic Sense for Marine Developers to Earn the Trust of Stakeholders (Podcast)
1st April 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Communities who believe they are at risk from wind turbines and other proposed new infrastructure deserve more than just a tightly managed consultation exercise, however, well the consultation is conducted. That’s the view of chartered surveyor Michael Ocock, who has…
Jarlath Cunnane's Replica Boat Build of the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition Lifeboat Continues Apace
26th March 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Polar explorer, adventurer and boatbuilder extraordinaire Jarlath Cunnane is moving apace with his lockdown project to build a replica of the James Caird, the Shackleton Antarctic expedition lifeboat. Cunnane’s main aim is to remember the Scots carpenter Henry or Harry…
Dublin Port – Brexit, Pandemic & Post 2040 Masterplan: Harbourmaster Michael McKenna (PODCAST)
18th March 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Brexit and the pandemic are not the only challenges facing Dublin Port, which handles almost 50 per cent of Ireland’s trade. Port chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly has predicted it will reach full capacity by 2040, and so it has initiated…
Port of Cork Harbourmaster Capt Paul O'Regan on New Routes, Vessels & Non Tidal Container Terminal for Cork Harbour (PODCAST)
11th March 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Brexit, Covid-19 and the situation of seafarers who have been unable to take their leave since the pandemic hit – these are just some of the challenges facing harbourmasters in ports around the island. Cork harbour, which is being transformed…
“Voyagers from the grave” read the headline in a Melbourne newspaper, The Advocate, in 1877, and the report was about three Galway men who had by then become known as “the shaughrauns”. The previous November of 1876, four men, had…
Lee Early, deputy coxswain of the RNLI’s Arranmore lifeboat in Donegal lost his life in 2019, but his name is one of 10,000 which will be inscribed on the hull of the new Shannon class lifeboat bound for Clifden, Co…
The Fastnet Yacht Race & Recalling the 1979 Force 10 Storm (PODCAST)
18th February 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Bow to bow, they stretch five kilometres – that's how the Rolex Fastnet yacht race organisers have welcomed the record entry for this summer’s race, which will have a new finish in Cherbourg, France. Some ten Irish entries are among…
Some 30 per cent of researchers worldwide are female, according to UNESCO which marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science this week About 35 per cent of all students in STEM-related fields – that’s science, technology, engineering and…
Aran Islands Aims for Own Microgrid in Offshore Renewable Energy Project (PODCAST)
4th February 2021 Wavelength Podcast
The Government’s ambitious plans for renewable energy off the Atlantic coast should involve communities as active stakeholders and not just recipients of compensation, an island energy co-op has said. Dara Ó Maoildhia, chairman of Comharchumann Fuinneamh Oileáin Árann, the Aran…
Search & Recovery: The Challenging Role of the Navy Diver (PODCAST)
28th January 2021 Wavelength Podcast
“We’ll always give our best, treat every incident as if it is one of our own.... and try our utmost to get a missing family member back to their loved one.....” The words of Lieut Stephen Stack, head of the…
Why Native Oysters Have Returned to Belfast Lough After a Century (Podcast)
21st January 2021 Wavelength Podcast
“Good news everyone”, the natives have returned...” It’s not your average title to a scientific paper, but this one has reason to celebrate - hailing the return of native oysters to Belfast Lough after a century. The paper by Bangor…
Facing the Reality of Ireland's Maritime Economy After Brexit - Arthur Reynolds (PODCAST)
14th January 2021 Wavelength Podcast
Why do Japanese fishing vessels steam halfway around the world to catch tuna on the Irish Continental Shelf edge, and why do Norwegian vessels hunt for highly valuable blue whiting in these waters? Arthur Reynolds, the founding editor of The…
Pandemic restrictions have forced us all to live like trapped adventurers “on a metaphorical ice floe”, according to the Shackleton Museum in Athy, Co Kildare And so “What would Shackleton do?” was the title of five podcasts which it released…
Brexit Impact on Irish Fishing Industry Requires Dedicated Marine Minister
31st December 2020 Wavelength Podcast
As details emerge on the full negative impact of Brexit on the Irish fishing industry, two Wexford skippers have called for the appointment of a dedicated minister for marine. Scallop skippers Will Bates and Seamus Molloy who fish from Kilmore…