Lorna Siggins

4 days ago | afloat.ie | Lorna Siggins

Ireland’s increased exposure to coastal flooding, coastal erosion and extreme wind requires urgent action within the next five years, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report says. The EPA’s National Climate Change Risk Assessment, published today (Wed, June 4th), provides government, business, communities and other stakeholders with “the best available evidence and analysis to inform climate adaptation and resilience in Ireland at a national level”, it says.

6 days ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Lorna Siggins

Just over 85 years after the steam trawler Leukos went missing with 11 young fishermen on board, the wreck of the vessel has been located by diver and submariner John Kearney’s commercial submersible in 105 metres of water. Mr Kearney, a former Naval Service diver, is now hoping to contact relatives of those who died in the attack – from Dublin, England and Scotland – with a view to laying a plaque on the wreck after further examination.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Lorna Siggins

Irish Coast Guard’s rescue helicopter row is a ‘volcano about to erupt’, says NY hotelier John FitzpatrickJohn Fitzpatrick is CEO of the Fitzpatrick Hotel GroupA group that includes New York-based Irish hotelier John Fitzpatrick has called on the Transport Minister to re-open the tender for the Irish Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter service.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Lorna Siggins

Obituary: Sebastiao Salgado, award-winning Brazilian photographer and social documentarianSebastiao Salgado most recently won the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at last year's Sony World Photography Awards. Picture by Photo Museum IrelandSebastiao Salgado, who has died aged 81, was an award-winning Brazilian photographer and social documentarian whose work took him to 130 countries and landscapes from the Amazon to Antarctica.

1 week ago | afloat.ie | Lorna Siggins

An investigation is underway following the discovery that one of Ireland’s oldest breeding white-tailed eagles, Caimin (Y) has died from poisoning. Caimin had been living at the Mountshannon nest site on Lough Derg for the past 17 years. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) says initial post-mortem results from the Regional Veterinary Laboratory indicate a possible death from poisoning.