New photos about the President's visit to Cobh to commemorate the Titanic Tragedy have been uploaded to our facebook page. 

President Michael D. Higgins visits Cobh and the Naval Base to commemorate 100 Years of the Titanic Tragedy (11th April 2012)

President Michael D.Higgins comes to Cobh Wednesday April 11th at 2pm. 

President Michael D.Higgins visits Cobh this Wednesday April 11th to oversee the National Tribute and pay respects to the 123 passengers who left Cobh onboard Titanic 100 years ago. There will be a Naval Fleet review and a Fly Over from the Irish Air Corps. 

Source of information: 
http://www.titanic100.ie

Ocean to City 2012 Maritime Festival

Is taking place in Cork Harbour, Ireland from Saturday 2nd June to Sunday 10th June.

The 2012 festival will start with the Ocean to City boat race 2012 - An Rás Mór on Saturday 2nd June.

For more details see http://www.oceantocity.com/

INFOMAR Programme. Coastal mapping in Ireland -- needs, costs and results
http://youtu.be/N9zlFtinaHw

Cork St. Patrick's Day Parade 2012

Cork was very lucky with the weather for 2012 St. Patrick's Day Parade. The sun was shining all the way through, although, the rain started 30 seconds after parade was finished ;-)! See the video from parade in our video section of this blog or on http://www.youtube.com/user/CostaEire

Check out the newly added "Fishing" tab - providing summary of the main sources of information on all types of fishing in Ireland.