📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm

John Cooney (Irish, b.1957) "Man of Arranmore," 2023 Watercolor on Crescent board, cold pressed 63 x 45 cm #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

IIMRO delegation at Dáil Éireann for Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs. Topic: Island fisheries issues. Watch back youtu.be/vVjeeys9low?si… ✊

Discover how we recently took a major step in the development of our new traditional boat gallery at Turlough Park. ‪https://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/archive/topics/traditional-boats-of-irelands-wild-atlantic-way-topics/traditional-boat-gallery-progress #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog #MaritimeHistory

LAST CHANCE to fill out our #octopus surveys! Fishermen & divers of the UK, have your say if you haven't already, surveys close at midnight tonight, Sunday 21st September! @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk @plymuni.bsky.social Please share 🐙

France predominantly allocates fishing opportunities to its fleet based on past catch history, largely disregarding social & environmental criteria. This is something also seen in Ireland with small scale vessels not recieving a fair share @iimro.bsky.social europe.oceana.org/press-releas...

Bringing my FREE STUFF thread over. Lots of archives, national film institutes, nonprofits and others have made collections of silent films available for free, no signup needed. I have the links

Ok people, I am looking to crowdsource some social media platform knowledge. Who, in Ireland or other EU country has seen an age verification demand, and on what platform.

Had the opportunity this evening to see a really super film about Paddy Conaghan, Arranmore, and his journey and motivation for taking a dip at every accessible beach around Ireland. #WildSwimming #MentalHeath #Ireland #NotAllHeroesWearCapes manofarran.com

It was great to meet Laura Fayet fisherwoman from Lake Geneva in Switzerland # who called to #Arranmore to see #Muireann and #Neily today to hear about their advocacy work and tell us about very similar issues around fishing in their country #WomenInFisheries #islands #MakeFishingFair #pollack

The home of our pirate queen, Gráinne Mhaol. Steeped in history - Rockfleet Castle, Co. Mayo - stands the testament of time with help from OPW’s conservation work; explained in this short animation, and narrated by lead architect, Michèle O’Dea. #Conservation #Culture #Stonemasons

www.marinetimes.ie Digital edition online along with latest podcast from Tom Printed edition in all good shops this week - please do pick up a copy in your local shop. Support local - buy a newspaper

#Muireann #CFP #pollack #iimro #MakeFishingFair #islands #Article17 www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Happy Summer Solstice everybody!!! #summersolstice

As cod & ling, that used to populate British waters, migrate north to cooler waters, a large - and normally rare - type of octopus is being caught by fishermen in Devon and Cornwall in enormous numbers. Even tuna & shark. So what's going on? Climate change & overfishing news.sky.com/story/octopu...

Here’s some of Rathlin’s ‘yarn art’, a super collaboration of many on (& off) the island, including the school children.

If you would like to know more about our Pollack Fisheries Industry Science Partnership project then click here: www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/mar... @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @anglingtrust.bsky.social 🐟

Will you be coming to #UNOC3 in Nice? 📣 ICYMI @ec.europa.eu will present the upcoming 🇪🇺 European Ocean Pact 🌊 #EUOceanPact there on 9 June 2025, 13:30-14:30 #EUatUNOC3 👇 oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/events/align...

Model yacht racing has a long tradition on #Rathlin Island and today we had a super competitive windy race on Ushet Lough as part of the Rathlin Sound Festival. It involves a lot of running, getting wet and a bit of skill too. And here’s the winning boat! Racing with 10yr old Oscar today 😊🏆⛵️#RSF25

New Oireachtas committee calls for assertive and ambitious approach to fisheries and maritime affairs www.marinetimes.ie

Pick up a copy yet? Our May issue is in all good shops NOW - jam packed with news, interesting views, amazing photos and information from around our coast

A good evening of community participatory budgeting on Rathlin with some great community projects getting funded. #islandlife

#Muireann #Neily #MakeFishingFair ✊🏻 #IIMRO #islands #SSF #Article17 #CFP @oceana.bsky.social

Kicking off soon: “Small-scale fisheries turning digital: how to do it right?” Live from the @europarl.europa.eu for the #Fish-X event, co-hosted by MEPs @syoncourtin.bsky.social & Željana Zovko It's been 3 years of collaboration with small-scale fishers to support their #DigitalTransition 🛥️

Happy Earth Day to all the people around the world who have helped take care of our planet… #earthday2025 #saveourearth #protectouroceans

Have a happy Easter Sunday, everyone!! Don’t forget to eat your chocolate bunnies today!!!

Listen back to the #MakeFishingFair event in the @europarl.europa.eu #IIMRO spoke alongside other #LIFE members Les ligneurs de la Pointe de Bretagne & Sveridg to emphasise the importance of #Article17 of the #CFP for fair access to fishing opportunities youtu.be/98-Influpxk?... #SSF #islands

Actus Mer/Sea News: Via @capecFFA - Arranmore, l’île des irréductibles pêcheurs irlandais - @lemondefr http://dlvr.it/8G6MTk

April issue in all good shops NOW - please do pick up a copy for the most comprehensive coverage and opinions from around our coast and within the fishing industry

(4) A more positive narrative: low impact small-scale fishers remind us that they provide healthy nutritious food and livelihoods to coastal communities and beyond and they are the first interested in a healthy ocean - they are stewards of the seas 😀 See: ssfcalltoaction.org

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

#MakeFishingFair #Article17 #CFP #islands #SSF www.mundusmaris.org/small-scale-...

Happy Mother’s Day from me and my sisters!! #theredbeltfiles #mothersday #childrenart

Spring has already arrived and the blossoms are starting to bloom… #theredbeltfiles #procreate #art #eocmurphy #spring2025 #blossomseason

I'm in Ireland, but Macha tells me there is big news back in Finland, where the first hardcopy of my new book "Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-1865" has landed! She's "devouring" it, and is apparently so engrossed she is even guarding it when in the sauna :-)

I had a blast at the Animation Dingle festival today and they are after screening my animated short film “My Passion”! It is great to visit back the festival where I first won the YAOTY award two years ago and I do have the privilege of meeting Orion Ross again.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

#fullmoon #islands

People of DC if you want a break from the dumpster fire of life in the US right now and want a break from regular ol drinking on Paddy's Day, then this Paddy's Day you can drink AND learn about Irish archaeology. I'll even throw in a bog body slide for free. www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof...

Happy Ides of March to those who celebrate

@flaviovolpe.bsky.social well spoken on @cnn.com!

🧵Today is #InternationalWomensDay - an opportunity to celebrate groundbreaking achievements by women in science like Dr. Elinor Ostrom, whose work and life is inspiring to many around the world in environmental, economic, and political sciences. 1/5