Seascapes

A new Life Boat, the Michael O'Brien arrives at the lifeboat station in Clogherhead, Co. Louth on Sunday at 1.30pm. Also in Poolbeg, Dublin a traditional boat regatta & this weekend, the Cork Harbour Festival begins. Cork Harbour Festival manager Joya Kuin joins Fergal in studio.

A group of people with spinal cord injuries as well as some able bodied sailors boarded the Lord Nelson Tall Ship in Cork Harbour on Wed for a 6 day expedition to Poole in the south of England. Brian O'Connell reports.

Our regular contributor Hugh Oram on the re-development of Balbriggan Harbour in North Dublin.

Upcoming events & Fergal speaks to Brian O'Sullivan of O'Sullivan Marine in Tralee at the recent Skippers Show in Galway.

Loran Siggins with the women of the RNLI in Galway.

Last week Seascapes travelled on a ferry transporting tens of tons of material & equipment to Cape Clear island to surface all the roads. Fergal spoke to Máirtín Ó Méalóid, Bannistoir of the Co-Op there on what it means to the people there.

Our regular contributor Hugh Oram visited Blessington Street Basin, a little known water gem in the centre of Dublin city.

Fergal speaks to David James of the West Wales Maritime Heritage centre on the forgotton story of a Japanese liner, Hirano Maru sunk by a U Boat in WW1, off the east coast of Ireland. [email protected]

Fergal baords the Serena 2 ferry leaving the pier on Baltimore with its cargo for Cape Clear & met up with Skipper Pat Collins & crew Lucan Konwiki & Davey Ryan. Poem 'High Island' is by Richard Murphy. P

Noel Sweeney speaks to Mick O'Connell of the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group about the three Sperm Whales which stranded on Irish beaches last month.