David McHugh, COO of Fehily Timoney engineering consultants in Cork, has been named as the new president of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.

Ireland's environmental performance is improving in some areas but it has much more to do in others, according to a new report issued today.

Up to 900 leading wind energy scientists and engineers from 38 countries are to visit Cork this week for the four-day Wind Energy Science Conference, which began on Monday.

Cork city is preparing to welcome visitors from 90 countries and dignitaries from over 30 countries this weekend for the SeaFest festival and the Oceans Wealth Summit.

More than 100,000 visitors are expected to attend the country's largest free maritime festival which gets underway in Cork today.

Along with a jam-packed schedule of sea-related activities, there will be a range of events highlighting the problem of plastics in our oceans.

With 900 people from 38 countries coming to Cork next month for a major international wind energy science conference, it is time to focus on the incredible renewable energy resources in the country, according to Cian Desmond.

Biomethane can be harvested from slurry or food waste and be compressed for use as an eco-friendly fuel, such as to power our buses, writes Ellie O’Byrne

MaREI marine research institute, in UCC, is hosting an event entitled ‘Collaboration Opportunities for a Thriving Maritime Economy’ on Thursday, May 2, in the UCC Centre for Executive Education, 1 Lapps Quay, Cork.

No prior warning was given to the Government by UCC and Cork Institute of Technology about their decision to withdraw funding and staffing from an award-winning start-up business hub in which the Naval Service was a joint partner.

The Irish Naval Service has declined to comment directly on the decision to wind down an award-winning marine research facility in which it was a joint partner.

Entrepreneurs and business owners in the marine research sector have sharply criticised the decision of UCC and Cork Institute of Technology to withdraw funding and staffing from the Irish Maritime and Energy Research Cluster in Ringaskiddy.

A partnership between two third-level colleges and the Irish Naval Service to promote commercial maritime research has been mothballed for “not being fit for purpose”.

This year's Cork Harbour Festival will take place June 4-12 .

A UCC spin-off company specialising in wave, tidal, and offshore windfarm technology hopes to make €10m- €15m per year in the next five years and has the potential to make significantly more.

Ireland’s marine and renewable energy research centre, MaRei, has secured its largest private investment, which will see it explore economic opportunities in the renewable energy sector.

Thousands of householders will have to abandon coastal communities as sea levels rise, with Irish scientists now working on a “managed retreat” rather than a chaotic stream of climate refugees fleeing inland.

Our vineyards could be producing vintage wines but we won’t be able to grow a spud. Sean O’Riordan talks to climate change experts about the difficulties facing future generations

Pioneers in marine renewable energy have gathered in Cork to pay tribute to Ireland’s “father of ocean energy”.

“Excellence in science and in its exploitation for the benefit of society requires excellent infrastructure,” said UCC President Dr Michael Murphy, at the recent opening of the €15m Beaufort Building in Ireland’s maritime quarter.

These are the first images of Ireland’s largest wave tanks housed inside a vast €15m marine energy research facility which will open in Cork this weekend.

Exactly two years after a sod-turning ceremony on the site, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will officially open the new Beaufort Building in Ringaskiddy on July 11.

More than 100 scientists will begin cutting-edge research into renewable energy technology at a new €15m research lab which is due to open in Cork harbour within months.

The increasing popularity of electric cars is set to have a major effect on transportation in Ireland, according to the Evening Echo.

As a Harbour resident and a boating enthusiast, the Marine Minister Simon Coveney is well-placed to oversee the progress in plans being made for his maritime backdoor, he tells Tommy Barker

Ireland plans to become the first country in the world to use “floating off-shore wind turbines” which it is envisaged will supply the national grid with green electricity within the next six years.

Ireland could create more than 50,000 jobs, if there was an aggressive development of the marine renewable energy sector, according to Tony Lewis.

A new €29m research centre could put Ireland at the forefront of the marine renewable energy research sector.