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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

SEASCAPES weekly newsletter .. your maritime weekly update now on tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie

TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The increasing amount of new risks and challenges to seafarers is causing a lot of concern. The National Maritime College at Ringaskiddy in Cork has announced conference, to be held on Friday, October16, which will focus on realities for the modern seafarer under the title: “Navigating New Risks.”

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The only place to get your weekly maritime news round-up - on SEASCAPES... tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie Now posted Monday, October 5. Your comments welcome. The national media doesn't provide this service in an island nation.. SEASCAPES does!

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SEASCAPES OCTOBER EDITION – ISSUE DATE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1. The independent region that the western seaboard – the Wild Atlantic Way – once was … An island fisherman’s gansey from West Cork as famous as the Aran sweater tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow.. first day of the month .. new edition of SEASCAPES PODCAST. A different view of the Wild Atlantic Way.. A gansey from West Cork goes worldwide and a traditional fisherman stops working.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your weekly maritime news round-up which the general media does not report, but SEASCAPES does. The weekly SEASCAPES NEWSLETTER is now published on the SEASCAPES website: tommasweeneyseascapes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Cutbacks to the Naval Service astonishing and disgusting". Read more on the weekly Seascapes newsletter now published on tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Your weekly Maritime Newsletter from TOM MacSWEENEY’S SEASCAPES - IRELAND’S ONLY MARITIME BROADCAST PROGRAMME - is now published on: tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie Catch up on the latest maritime news with SEASCAPES weekly blog

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Damian Guillou of France and #Pat #Lawless of #Ireland are leading the Golden Globe solo non stop around the world race in its first week..creating big distances from the rest of the 16-boat fleet.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The new Monday weekly SEASCAPES Newsletter provides a quick marine news update which you won't get on the daily newspapers. Read on: tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER now on SEASCAPES website - on LINKED IN and FACEBOOK

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So Iceland has rejected the EU.. the primary reason to keep its #fishing industry protected. A lesson for the failure of the Irish government. General media coverage has not sufficiently highlighted #fishing as the primary reason.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TRIED TO PREVENT IRISH OPPOSITION TO HAGUE PREFERENCES REMOVAL... marinetimes.ie revealed the story.. Why do we have such a poor level of #national #media coverage of the fishing industry?

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Marine Times Newspaper

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sinn Fisheries Spokesman Padraig MacLochlainn has released to media more details about disagreements between two Ministers and controversy about senior government official who tried to prevent Irish opposition to Hague preferences removal.More on marinetimes.ie and SEASCAPES blog

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Marine Times Newspaper

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

REVEALED – Senior Department Official Sought to Prevent Irish Objection to Removal of Hague Preferences Padraig MacLochlainn spoke to Marine Times Executive Editor Tom MacSweeney lisyen on marinetimes.ie

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Marine Times Newspaper

WhatsApp: 087 7989582 | Mail: editor@marinetimes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

MARITIME CORK... always something interesting in the Marine sphere. THE ECHO Cork today.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Seafarers have become more unhappy. The details from the Mission to Seafarers latest report now on SEASCAPES Blog: tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My column in THE ECHO Cork's morning daily MARITIME CORK today. Powerful presentation to EU Fisheries Ministers

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

NEW EDITION OF SEASCAPES – PROGRAMME NO.8 2026 – ISSUED SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2026 Kerry sailor Pat Lawless on his second attempt to complete the GOLDEN GLOBE non/stop race around the world for 8 to 9 months. A fascinating story tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

‘LISTENING TO #SEAFARERS’ WORLD SURVEY LAUNCHED - New on SEASCAPES blog: tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The August edition of MARINE TIMES FISHERIES PODCAST discusses meeting of EU Fisheries Ministers in Cork. John Lynch, CEO Irish South and East Fishermen’s Association and Michael Desmond Chairma National Inshore Fishermen's Association discuss the outcome marinetimes.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New ON SEASCAPES BLOG today tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie When a Cork Harbour Community was called "natives making trouble".

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Erosion of local democracy? THE ECHO Cork Weds July 28

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The views of the top men in the fishing industry on SEASCAPES PODCAST Blog tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie and more on the leading marine newspaper August edition out now in print and online the MARINE TIMES

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Revenue sold mv Mathew for one dollar. It cost £17m. to maintain

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Drug running ship mv Mathew to be towed away from Marino Point in Cork Harbour tomorrow evening around 6pm.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Mulvey Report about the fishing industry - Much ado about nothing new.... says NIFA. See Marine Times website for more.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

How serious is the #Taoiseach about a #Department of the Marine? My Maritime Cork column in THE ECHO Cork's morning daily today.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A voice for an island nation...SEASCAPES Podcast programme.. Tune in for the Irish maritime round-up... tommacsweeneyseascapes.ie or wherever you listen to your Podcasts.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

SEASCAPES JULY edition issued today – 4 stories - 4 maritime aspects. Be Proud of Irish Fishermen. tommacsweeneyseacapes.ie on Apple, Spotify, Acast, Community Radio Network. Wherever you get your Podcasts you'll find SEASCAPES, the Maritime Programme.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Tomorrow July 1 SEASCAPES Maritime Programme will be issued on Podcast. Four interviews - new CEO of BIM; Lifeboat Mechanic retires after 34 years; Shipwrecks of Dublin Bay; loving the sea more than the land.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Marine Times Fisheries Podcast now on marinetimes.ie featuring new Chief Executive of BIM first interview. Also, unusual proposal for leasing fish quotas put forward by the Irish South and West FPO. IFA Aquaculture complains about Government attitude towards aquaculture.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wicklow Sailing Club has confirmed that Guy Gillon’s Khumbu is the overall winner of the #Round #Ireland Race and also won ‘line honours’ as first boat to complete the 704 nautical mile course.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board has informed the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, that it has decided that the aquaculture licence application for #mussel #farming in Kinsale Harbour, which he had granted, is regarded as withdrawn. More on marinetimes.ie

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Marine Times Newspaper

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Predicted #weather conditions affecting #sailing the weekend.- Cong to Galway annual race cancelled. Rankin 'Worlds' Championship Cork Harbour cancelled.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Following an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, the International Maritime Organisation has decided to temporarily pause its #evacuation operation in the Strait of Hormuz pending further clarity.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today is the DAY OF THE #SEAFARER.... Global community asked by United Nations to remember that it is they who carry the cargoes the world needs.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A new State interagency plan to urgently respond to significant #fish #kills is published by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) today - National Protocol for Coordinating Response to Significant Fish Mortality Events in Freshwater. It follows from fish kill in River Blackwater catchment in August 2025.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Lively #maritime weekend ahead at #Carrigaline Co.Cork... this Friday to Sunday Shanties, maritime stories.....First Maritime Folk Festival....

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

UK #yacht Khumbu, skippered by Guy Gillon, has finished this morning with Line Honours for first boat back to Wicklow in the #Round Ireland Race.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

UN's International #Maritime Organisation is to evacuate more than 11,000 #sailors stranded in the Gulf because of the US-Israel war against Iran. Secretary-general Arsenio Dominguez said this would be carried out in cooperation with Iran, Oman, the US, coastal states and the maritime industry.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

SFPA warns holidaymakers about recreational fishing limitations in North West... tommacsweeneyseascaspes.ie blog

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

What is EU Fisheries Commissioner Costas up to about Iceland as it prepares for a Referendum about EU accession - and what could that mean for Ireland. Read the Marine Times July edition out this week in print and online.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

An Irish and International fleet of over 60 boats have entered for the classic 704 nautical mile biennial Round #Ireland Race starting from Wicklow Harbour at 2pm on Saturday June 20. Another successful event ahead for Wucklow Harbour #Sailing Club.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Wild Atlantic Shanty Festival hosted by Sligo Bay RNLI, returns from 19 - 21 June, its 16th year,three days of music, entertainment and community celebration Organised by lifeboat volunteers, celebrating maritime heritage a through traditional sea shanties and cultural events.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

THE ECHO Cork's morning daily today. A #Cork Harbour community honours their round-the-world sailor.. who originally arrived in Ireland from #Poland to work in the Irish fishing industry.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Irish offshore sailor Tom #Dolan has been airlifted by a French rescue helicopter from his yacht after going aground in the Sein Causeway while leading in the last leg of the Figaro Race. No injury reported. He had tried unsuccessfully to free the boat.

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Have you thought about food security in an island nation? Are we prepared? The topic on the June edition of SEASCAPES Podcast issued today, Bank Holiday Monday. Listen now on: tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie

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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Irish offshore #sailor Tom #Dolan is the overall leader of the French Figaro Race. The final leg starts tomorrow (Sunday) evening from Pornichet to Le Havre via the Gironde estuary.

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