Seascapes

Fergal speaks to Joan Mulloy who wants to take part in the Vendee Globe solo round the world race for Ireland and is well on her way to achieving her ambitions.

Neil O'Hagan is the Executive Director of the Atlantic Youth Trust. The Trust is planning to build a new Irish tall ship for use in a cross-border project of sail training for young people. Neil also supports Joan Mulloy and other young Irish sailors.

Regular contributor, Hugh Oram, looks back at the history and the demise of Irish Shipping.

Sailor Gregor McGuckin tells Fergal Keane about his attempt to sail solo around the world in 2018, in a recreation of a race first held 50 years ago, and billed then as "the race for mad men"; Waterford County Councillor, Jason Murphy, on the commemorations to be held next week to mark the centenary of the sinking of the ships, the SS Formby and the SS Coningbeg, by a U-boat; Gery Flynn of Inshore Ireland on the winter edition of the magazine; and Chris Scully of the RNLI tells of the accident which caused significant damage to the Dunmore East Lifeboat last weekend.

Sailor Gregor McGuckin tells Fergal Keane about his attempt to sail solo around the world in 2018, in a recreation of a race first held 50 years ago, and billed then as "the race for mad men".

Waterford County Councillor, Jason Murphy, on the commemorations to be held next week to mark the centenary of the sinking of the ships, the SS Formby and the SS Coningbeg, by a U-boat.

Gery Flynn of Inshore Ireland on the winter edition of the magazine.

Chris Scully of the RNLI tells of the accident which caused significant damage to the Dunmore East Lifeboat last weekend.

This week on Seascapes, Enda O'Coineen speaks about going back to New Zealand to continue his solo round-the-world voyage, Susan Steele, Chair of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, talks about protecting Ireland's fishing grounds, and regular contributor Hugh Oram tells the story of Dublin's mysterious River Poddle.

Enda O'Coineen speaks about going back to New Zealand to continue his solo round-the-world voyage.