One of the world’s rarest birds — once thought extinct for over 300 years — has been spotted off the Kerry coast.

Irish and Canadian scientists will conduct fisheries research onboard Irish national research vessel RV Celtic Explorer, which has set sail from Galway bound for the Labrador and Newfoundland Seas.

Ireland’s general welcome for EU moves to ban fish discards is only partially shared in the south of the country.

Family-run Wild Irish Sea Veg is tapping into consumers’ growing taste for seaweed and after bagging a deal with a NY deli and aiming to grow sales to Britain and beyond, there’s no limit to the company’s ambitions, writes Trish Dromey

A West Cork campaign group aiming to halt the planning of an offshore €3.5m fish farm has called on its developers to locate the project inland.

FISHING industry leaders predict that a meeting of EU fisheries ministers beginning this morning will deliver an unanimous rejection of proposed EU catch quotas.

Prince Albert II of Monaco will make a two-day State visit to Ireland next week.

THE drainage system in the capital must be cleared immediately to avoid floods as the highest tides in two decades approach, a senator warned yesterday.

The drainage system in Dublin must be cleared immediately to avoid floods as the highest tides in two decades approach, a senator warned today.

FISH COUNCILS — where EU marine ministers meet — are a by-word for long, complicated negotiations that never seem to end. And that exactly was the way it was looking in Luxembourg on Monday when the Irish Box deal was up for discussion.

THE seahorse isn’t just a fairytale myth— it’s a real live creature, almost worth its weight in gold, which could make millions for a newly set-up company in Galway.

IRELAND is set to become one of the world's leading players in ocean research with the opening of a €30 million marine centre.