As the fresh paint dries across Cork City, a massive security operation has kicked in and traffic restrictions will be in place from early morning for the visit of Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

A marine engineer and inventor has set what he hopes could be a world record for the longest ship-to-shore email using his own special WiFi system.

Here is a timeline of events regarding the Indaver incinerator from 2001 to 2018.

The Irish Naval Service (INS) was disappointed by the decision of UCC and Cork Institute of Technology to shut down earlier this year a maritime research facility on which the three collaborated.

Captain Michael McCarthy, Commercial Manager, Port of Cork and Chairman of Cruise Europe, has been named October’s ‘Cork Person of the Month’.

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.

Fancy serving on a superyacht like the one owned by Roman Abramovich?

A major deal struck by the National Maritime College could signal Ireland’s arrival as world-leaders in safety training for personnel involved in the offshore gas and oil exploration sectors.

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”.

The Government has committed to spending €61m on turning part of Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour into a public park, despite a report commissioned by the Office of Public Works (OPW), which concluded it was an unsuitable location for use as a public amenity.

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The National Maritime College of Ireland has accused the Department of Transport of engaging “in a turf war” that could threaten the international reputation of the college and render invalid training courses already completed by 400 students.

Staff at the National Maritime College have implored Transport Minister Shane Ross to intervene in a row which could threaten jobs at the Cork-based facility.

An Bord Pleanála has refused to defer an oral hearing into proposals to build a €160m incinerator in Cork’s lower harbour.

Irish experts in maritime survival techniques have trained six celebrities to cope with whatever the sea might throw at them during a treacherous charity voyage for BBC Sport Relief.

Maritime college students dressed in protection suits and air filtration masks were among 250 people who protested outside the site of a proposed major incinerator in Cork harbour.

The National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) is to establish the world’s largest training network for seamen, along with offshore oil and gas rig workers.

A turning tide of development and infrastructure investment, such as the new €200 million N28 Cork Ringaskiddy Road, and €100 million port facility enlargement, may bring a new focus, and a major tenant or two to the Ringport Business Park.

BORD Iascaigh Mhara, Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has launched a social media campaign calling on young people to consider the sector as a viable career option.

A maritime facility which will power the ‘blue economy” was opened in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, over the weekend by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

SeaFest Cork 2015, Ireland’s Maritime Festival, at the National Maritime College of Ireland. 

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.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is set to officially open Ireland’s largest renewable energy test and research facility in Cork next weekend as part of the country’s first national maritime festival.

Ireland’s position as a world leader in maritime survival training is to be further cemented by a partnership of two Cork institutions which will design, build and run an offshore training centre in the Canary Islands.

The naval service is to use drones in the fight against international drug smugglers and illegal fishing, with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) also to help with search and rescue missions.

Work on a €2.5m interpretive centre in the middle of Cork Harbour could get under way as early as September and be completed in time for the start of the 2016 tourist season.

A showdown with staff looks increasingly likely at two Munster institutes of technology as a union prepares to ballot lecturers for industrial action if a proposed merger goes ahead.

For Cork Institute of Technology, Continuing Education and Continuing Professional Development are vital and growing areas of the total education provision. 

The recently appointed US ambassador to Ireland has said that he does not believe the phasing out of the controversial "double Irish" tax scheme will dissuade American businesses from coming to Ireland.

The parents of a teenager killed in a car crash two weeks ago have made an emotional appeal for families to say "I love you" to one another.

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Ireland’s only maritime college has set its sights on becoming the world’s first global training hub for officers of ocean-going super-tankers.

Third-level students are to engage in underwater robot wars as part of the first innovation week organised by the Irish Maritime and Energy Research Cluster.

The 10 men who graduated as the navy’s newest officers yesterday handed over a cheque for more than €7,000 to a charity set up to prevent suicide among young people.

Tributes have been paid on the retirement of a respected academic administrator who helped deliver two of the State’s most critical pieces of educational infrastructure.

The network of controversial new bike lanes in Cork city are to be celebrated and reclaimed as part of an annual cycling festival next week.

An Bord Pleanála has approved an ambitious €40m remediation plan to transform one of the State’s worst environmental disaster zones into a large public park.

Ireland’s maritime training college will sign a landmark €2m training contract with one of the world’s largest shipping companies in Texas today.