Tom MacSweeney's Seascapes

This month on SEASCAPES stories about the independent region that the western seaboard – the Wild Atlantic Way – once was … An island fisherman’s gansey from West Cork becoming as world famous as the Aran sweater and the disappointment of a project to preserve traditional fisheries which is closing down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the September edition – a revelation about a Government Minister being warned off by a senior Department official because he was protecting Irish fishermen. How can this interference by a civil servant be tolerated? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Determined to Finish the Tough and Loneliest ‘Race for Madmen’ On the August edition, Kerry sailor Pat Lawless talks about his determination to finish, at his second attempt, the Golden Globe non-stop around the world yacht race in old boats, with no modern technology, which has been called the “toughest, loneliest sporting event in the world’ and also, the ‘Race for Madmen.’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the July edition the new Chief Executive of State fisheries agency BIM discusses his job; a Lifeboat Mechanic retires after 34 years; 900 shipwrecks in Dublin Bay and a Polish-Irish-Cork sailor who loves the sea more than the land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The June edition of SEASCAPES Podcast discusses whether Ireland, an island nation, is protecting its national food supply, because of European discrimination against the fishing industry. Also, a new ferry company launching a service to France from Cork, claims there is too much concentration on East Coast Ports and, the plot to blow up the oldest yacht club in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.