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Seascapes 06.06.25
On Seascapes this week, the Corkwoman who's head of European Fisheries Control, the Lithuanian scientists measuring ship pollution using drones, and the artists who are focusing on islands.
Seascapes 30.05.25
This week on Seascapes with Lorna Siggins, the focus is on cruise ships; the economic benefits, the environmental cost and the lives of those working on board.
Seascapes 23.05.25
On this week's Seascapes Lorna Siggins is in Cork for EU Maritime Day, and a seaside bookseller shares a recommendation.
Seascapes 16.05.25
20 years since the Shell to Sea Campaign and the jailing of five local men, who became known as 'The Rossport Five', Lorna Siggins revisits the story, and we ask people whose lives involve the sea to…
Seascapes 09.05.25
In this edition of Seascapes, a public meeting to discuss proposed new windfarms out in the Irish Sea, and Lorna Siggins meets the first woman to windsurf a giant wave in Hawaii, made famous by a…
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Fergal Keane visits the Coastguard station in Valentia Island in County Kerry. Valentia is one of the main marine search and rescue centres in the county and plays a major role in rescue efforts…
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Seascapes this week comes from the Ireland on the Water Expo. We hear from Olympic gold medal rower, Fintan McCarthy, ambassador for the event. We hear from Bloom Field House Boats. Madeline Kelly…
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Lorna Siggins reports from the recent Skipper Expo in Limerick and also meets the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. Fergal Keane hears about a new pier in Howth…
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Author Jon Gower chats about his new book, The Turning Tide, A Biography of the Irish Sea. It is a facinating mix of travelogue, nature and history of the stretch of water which separates us from…
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Senator Sean Kyne speaks about the ongoing crisis in Inland Fisheries Ireland, where the Minister for Environment this week removed the last remaining board members, on a no fault basis. We also hear…
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We hear how the number of Navy ships available for active service has dropped dramatically. Norman Freeman remembers how he was recruited from maritime college in Dublin to join the Marconi company…
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We the fishing port of Casatletownbere in West Cork to hear about the de-commissioning scheme for fishing trawlers. We also pay tribute to Captain Brendan Forde who died recently, aged 90. And we…
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Fergal Keane visits a troop of Sea Scouts on Bull Island in Dublin. Also, Norwegian adventurer, Astrid Furholt was the first woman to ski to the South Pole and she spoke to Lorna Siggins.
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Seascapes, the RTÉ maritime programme with Fergal Keane. Seascapes brings you around our coasts and onto traditional and modern boats and yachts for a taste of the great outdoors.
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Fergal meets windsurfer Oisin Van Gelderen, who holds the Irish speed record for windsurfing. Norman Freeman has the story of how a Frenchman conducted an experiment to drift across the Atlantic on a…
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We hear from the programme maker of the TV series, The Great Lighthouses of Ireland, David Hare. We also hear from the Chief Executive of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation,…
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Joanna McNicholas reports form the Erris Peninsula on recent dolphin strandings. Norman Freeman recalls meeting a ships captain who fell on to difficult times after his ship was wrecked. And we…
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We hear from photographer Denis Horgan about his new book, 'Ireland's Guiding Lights'. We also visit Assistant Professor of Marine Biology Nick Payne in Trinity College to hear about his work and…
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We hear how pods of Orcas, or Killer Whales, have been attacking yachts off the coast of Portugal. We also attend the Navigating to 2050 conference hosted by the Commissioners of Irish Lights this…
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Seascapes tonight visits the Galway Docklands festival which took place last weekend.
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