The 14-year-old island girl who told the Minister for the Marine to do his job outlines why she is so angry about the treatment of fishermen.
Also, how 300 million years of the Burren in County Clare is being examined and there is much more about Ireland’s maritime sector, its culture, history and tradition.
Costly stone churches were an abhorrence to St.Francis, so Franciscan Friars used the excess of discards from shellfish in their building of churches. This is discussed on the October Maritime Podcast in the context of the history of Irish seafood...
On this month’s programme we hear that Franciscans used the excess of discards from shellfish in their building of churches, because costly stone churches were an abhorrence to St.Francis ….The future of lighthouses is discussed, an islander...
The question is now being asked in fishing communities around the coast – does the Government want a fishing industry? There are serious concerns and a deep feeling amongst fishermen, their families and in the industry generally – that...
The question has been asked, reflecting opinion in coastal communities – Does the Government want an Irish fishing industry? All sectors of the industry are now asking it and there are fears that the industry is in terminal decline.
Being lost at sea is a terrible tragedy when no bodies are found. That haunts families for generations. There is no funeral, no grave and no closure. There are so many unanswered questions. This edition tells the story of the Cork City Steam Packet...
Shipwrights are being lost, a skill needed in the maritime sector. That is the ‘lead’ story on the July Podcast , which tells the story of a dedicated maritime family in Dublin Port maintaining the craft and building East Coast Skiffs. Also...
