Seascapes

A tribute to the late Peter O'Reilly, author & doyen of Irish fly fishing.

Fergal visits the set of the TV series, The Vikings & speaks to Alistair Rumball. He also had a chat with Patrick Folan & Michael McDonagh who are involved with making ships for the series. Plus Hugh Oram looks back at the history of the vikings in Ireland.

Arranmore Island off the coast of County Donegal was once a thriving fishing community with a population of over fifteen hundred. The census of 1981 confirmed that by then 803 were living on the island & today that number stands at less than four hundred. New EU fishing regulations & restrictions has forced many to emigrate or relocate to the mainland. Our reporter Mike McCartney has been to Arranmore where he first spoke to Jerry Early, Chairman of the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation.

In Cork today Tánaiste Simon Coveney opened a new ocean test facility. Fergal visited the Marine Institute in Ringaskiddy & spoke to Jimmy Murphy, manager of the Lir, Nat Ocean Test Facility, in University College Cork.

A profile of renowned angler & author Dennis Moss.

Noel Sweeney reports from County Kerry on the new fishing restrictions banning all trawlers over 18 metres in length from fishing within 6 miles of the coast.

Ned Dwyer the Director of EurOcean talks about his work as the head of Europe's Centre for Information on Ocean science & technology.

Now is the time of year when people are booking their holidays. There is one new destination for anglers, Iceland. Fergal was at the Irish Fly Fair recently & met one of the men promoting salmon angling in that country.

The Whiddy Island disaster prior to the 40th anniversary on January 8th.

Hugh Oram visits Greenore in County Louth, on the frontline with Brexit.