Seascapes

We report from the protest in Cork this week, when 65 trawlers went out into the city centre to protest over restrictions in the industry. And Fergal Keane visits the Haulbowline Naval Base and meets the new Irish Navy operations commander Captain Kenneth Minihane. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seascapes tonight visits Dun Laoghaire Harbour and hears from Tim Ryan, from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, about work being carried out there to secure its future. The local authority has taken over the running of the 200-year-old harbour and we hear about the plans they have. Owen Brannigan spent decades working trawlers out of Skerries in North County Dublin and his family are still inv...

With Fergal Keane. Former Irish Navy Captain, Brian Fitzgerald, captained ships involved in fisheries protection, drugs raids and rescuing migrants. Brian has now started a new career with offshore energy provider, Simply Blue Energy www.simplyblueenergy.com And Noel Sweeney reports from a beach in County Kerry, where this week hundreds of thousands of large spider crabs were washed up. Kenin Flan...

Tonight, Assistant Professor Nicholas Payne of Trinity College tells of his encounter with Basking Sharks while researching their behaviour in Irish waters. He has posted video of his close encounter on his Twitter account, @nicklpayne and there is also a link here: https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/researchers-tag-basking-sharks-to-learn-more-about-irelands-gentle-giants/ Also journalist Jo...

Katelin and Andrew O'Shea set sail from Kinsale last July and will be spending at least the next few years sailing around the globe on their small yacht. Katelin and Andrew speak to Fergal from the Mediterranean on the last year at sea, how they prepared for the voyage and how they fund it. Follow them on Facebook or Instagram on A Nautical Change. Also, the Isolda lightship was sunk off the Irish...