Seascapes

Fergal Keane visits Joanna Donnelly in Met Éireann to find out what exactly the sea area forecast tells us.

On Seascapes tonight, we have a report from the rivers in County Kerry and how fish are struggling in the hot weather, we hear about one of the country's oldest ports in County Louth, and we have a report on fishermen in a remote part of the Red Sea.

Noel Sweeney reports from Kerry on the fallen water levels and rising temperatures in rivers due to the current hot spell. Inland Fisheries Ireland are asking anglers and the public to report sightings of distressed fish - their 24-hour hotline is 1890 34 74 24

Hugh Oram looks at the port of Annagassan in Co. Louth - it's an old Viking settlement and is one of the oldest ports in the country.

Fergal Keane visits the Port of Massawa on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea.

On Seascapes this week, Fergal Keane is on board an historic tugboat now owned by the Liverpool Maritime Museum, and he meets people who restore old RNLI lifeboats and bring them to events around the country.

Fergal Keane got a tour of the tugboat Brocklebank at the Drogheda Maritime Festival.

Fergal Keane speaks to Callum Ives, Hon Sec of Lifeboat Enthusiasts and Hugh Searle, owner of the former Wicklow Lifeboat, JW Archer.

Tonight, the AK Ilen is relaunched and Francis Kelly reports on the commemoration of the day Archduke Ferdinand sailed into Kinsale 500 years ago.

Fergal Keane was there when the AK Ilen was relaunched in Baltimore, Co. Cork, after 20 years of rebuilding.