The Irish Commercial Fishing Industry employs around 11,000 people in fishing, processing and ancillary services such as sales and marketing. The industry is worth about €1.22 billion annually to the ...

The LA 2028 Olympic Games ILCA Racing Format Test Event is coming to Vilamoura, Portugal from 7-12 October, hosted by Capable Planet Clube Náutico. This is a rare opportunity to help shape the race ...

The master mariner from Clarina, Co Limerick, and formerly of Monkstown, Co Cork, died peacefully on Monday 25 August ...

1987 was the year of the Centenary of the Water Wag class, with a week of celebrations taking place in Dun Laoghaire. This included RTE coming to Dun Laoghaire and making a film featuring Alf (then ...

Irish Lights marks a decade of lighthouse tourism with a global conference at Dublin Castle on 7–8 October 2025. Register now ...

The Swiss pair Yves Mermod and Maja Siegenthaler take a tack to victory in the Fireball World Championships on Lake Garda Photo: Elena Giolai With the exception of the DNC in Race 4, the Swiss counted ...

The weather cooperated once again on Dublin Bay to deliver a nail-biting conclusion to the 2025 ILCA Under-21 World Championships on Friday, August 29th, where three new world titles were decided at ...

At the first top mark rounding of the 2025 RC44 World Championships Charisma and Peninsula Racing collided in a port-starboard incident. The impact was substantial, Charisma’s b ...

Race Officer, John McNeilly, with the DBSC Commodore, Jacqueline McStay and a representative from our sponsors, AIB, onboard was his usual self, passing on information on tide, wind strength and ...

A newbuild ferry to serve CalMac being built at a Turkish shipyard for a route in the Outer Hebrides has been successfully ...

Mariners, fishermen, sailors, sea swimmers and coastal walkers have been warned of a heavy Atlantic swell over the next 24 ...

Daniel and Henry Thompson are top Irish crew at Fireball Worlds on Lake Garda, sitting 15th overall after six races.