On this edition - With increasing public concern about the way in which mobile phones and other modern technology are dominating life, we discuss getting young people away from computer screens and into sport and, with the boating season getting underway, the President of the national sailing organisation suggests a sport for life.

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On this edition - Why are the largest predators in the oceans dying on beaches around the world, including Ireland?

And, the President of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners, marking its 50th Anniversary, tells us why seafaring is an attractive career.

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On this edition - Why are the largest predators in the oceans dying on beaches around the world, including Ireland?

And, the President of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners, marking its 50th Anniversary, tells us why seafaring is an attractive career.

Subscribe to This Island Nation on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/this-island-nation/id1451636162

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On this edition - voyaging 907 nautical miles in the seas around the coast of Ireland on a boat more suited to inland waterways. The couple who did it, tell us how and why they made the voyage.

And the huge migration that’s heading for Ireland. People might be watching out for the first swallows, but something much bigger is happening in the seabird community.

Subscribe to This Island Nation on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/this-island-nation/id1451636162

On this edition - voyaging 907 nautical miles in the seas around the coast of Ireland on a boat more suited to inland waterways. The couple who did it, tell us how and why they made the voyage.

And the huge migration that’s heading for Ireland. People might be watching out for the first swallows, but something much bigger is happening in the seabird community.

Subscribe to This Island Nation on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/this-island-nation/id1451636162

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On this edition - an Irish sailor at the top of the sailing world is blunt about removing plastic from the sport and a marine photographer sees an unusual phenomenon.

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On this edition - Microplastics are everywhere but it’s from freshwater that they are arriving to threaten the marine environment.

And, even with modern technology and a modern ice-breaking ship, an expedition is defeated by Antarctic weather and learns respect for what Ernest Shackleton and his team achieved.

On this edition - Microplastics are everywhere but it’s from freshwater that they are arriving to threaten the marine environment.

And, even with modern technology and a modern ice-breaking ship, an expedition is defeated by Antarctic weather and learns respect for what Ernest Shackleton and his team achieved.

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