2015 Bursary students meet for Induction day training at the Marine Institute, Oranmore
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23 third-level students join the Marine Institute for summer science placements

Welcome to all 23 students on their 8 week placement at all our locations around Ireland...

The Cork Educate Together National School visited the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer in Galway on their school trip as part of the Sea for Society (FP7) initiative. Photo: Andrew Downes: XPOSURE
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RV Celtic Explorer hosts National Schools Open Day as part of Sea for Society project

Ocean awareness and impact that the ocean has...

IRELAND’S FIRST NATIONAL MARITIME FESTIVAL LAUNCHES ON WORLD OCEANS DAY: As World Oceans Day is celebrated across the globe today (8 June), Minister for Agriculture, Food. the Marine and Defence, Simon Coveney T.D., has announced the first national celebration of Ireland’s oceans, SeaFest. The inaugural SeaFest, will take place this year in Cork Harbour on 10 and 11 July, and will see thousands of visitors enjoying the fruits and pleasures of the sea, from boating trips, yacht sailing, open water swimming,
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IRELAND’S FIRST NATIONAL MARITIME FESTIVAL LAUNCHES ON WORLD OCEANS DAY

SeaFest, Ireland’s Maritime Festival, Cork, July 2015

Pictured on board the LE Samuel Beckett at the announcement that the second annual Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth Conference will be held in Cork on 10 July are: Officer Commanding L.E. Samuel Beckett Lt Cdr Anthony Geraghty, Minister Simon Coveney T.D., Conor Healy CEO Cork Chamber, Chairman Of Bord Iascaigh Mhara Kiernan Calnan. Photograph: Darragh Kane
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Ireland's 'Blue Economy' outperforming other sectors

Global leaders in maritime economy to convene in Cork

Holland coin been presented to Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister Simon Coveney by the Marine Institute Board
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Commemorative coin of submarine inventor presented to Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister Simon Coveney

Discovery and innovation continues...

Fisheries Overview - Photographer Thomas Szumski
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Invitation to Tender for the Supply of a Commercial Vessel for a Boarfish Survey ITT-15-022

Closing date is Friday, 29th May.

Republic Of Ireland Q1 2015. Photograph courtesy of Dublin Port Company.
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Irish Shipping volumes up 6% during Q1 2015

Shipping and port activity increase when compared to same period in 2014...

RV Polarstern By Bruce McAdam from Reykjavik, Iceland (Polarstern arriving at Reykjavik) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Ocean research opportunity for marine science graduates South About!

Applications Invited for the North South Atlantic Training Transect

Marine Institute Singers pictured with their conductor, Carmel Dooley
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Cantar! An evening of Song and Music with the Marine Institute Singers and Friends

Saturday,13th June, St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church, Galway...

Acoustic image direct from the INFOMAR crew onboard the R.V. Celtic Voyager 6 hours after survey completion, 25x25cm resolution, highlighting the lines of the vessel which lies on her starboard side, bow pointing top right (NE).
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New sonar imagery of wreck of the RMS LUSITANIA

How the shipwreck has changed since its sinking 100 years ago...