Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast

This month, the story of a determined Irish sailor – a young man who started life on a farm in County Meath, not a maritime location and has become the winner of the top French yacht race – the Figaro. Tom Dolan describes how he succeeded after years of disappointment and how psychology helped his determination to do so. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - we hear that Franciscans use the excessive discards from shellfish in the building of their churches. We discuss the future of lighthouses and hear from a woman who wants to build a museum on an island. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - Does the government want an Irish fishing industry? That major question is raised by a major figure in the fishing industry. We also discuss making sail a cargo carrier in these days of climate change and we hear about the history of fish kills in Ireland. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow

On this edition - Remembering a ship that sank one hundred years ago on which only one man survived, and that was his third time being saved from the sea. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - The disappearing craft of Shipwrights is discussed and also, unity in the fishing industry. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this month's edition - 82% of the fish sold in some supermarkets in Ireland is imported. The only boat of it's kind in the world comes to Ireland on a heritage voyage to the Celtic heartlands. And the plane that hit south coast rocks and never got off. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this month's edition - The 14-year-old island girl who told the Minister for the Marine to do his job, examining 300 million years of the Burren in County Clare and much more about Ireland's maritime sector, its culture, history and tradition. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - small boats crossing the Atlantic Ocean, how the city of Ragusa crossed that ocean, and what I think of the RNLI. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - The squeeze on marine space close to Ireland's shoreline, as wind farm development confronts the fishing industry and coastal communities. We also hear about 200 years of the lifeboats, how there will be more transparency about fish farm developments and why ferry operators are providing special cabins for pets. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - Government ministers with different views about public consultation to protect the seas around Ireland. The Maritime History of Valentine's Day and which are best to save life in an emergency at sea, flares or electronic signals? Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition – The state maritime research agency’s new Chief Executive outlines his plans for the Marine Institute. The owner and skipper of Ireland’s best racing yacht says young people have been key to its success. We’ll recall how maritime history relates to modern marine developments and look at 200 years of the RNLI. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at http://tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On the December edition of Maritime Ireland, the only marine broadcast program in this island nation - From chocolate making, to the craft of sail making, to the development of a deep water port on a river that has been charted since the second century, to why you should get out and go angling. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

The November edition of the programme tells the story of the power of the sea, smashing apart a West Cork lighthouse and the man who survived and attended his own ‘wake’. The programme also reports on the big interest of young people in aquaculture, the company which has won the national business award for new aquatechnology and 30 years of the Shannon Dolphin Project. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - A 34 year old sailor from Greystones in County Wicklow who wants more women to take up sailing and is being backed by Brittany Ferries. The boat gallery being set up by the National Museum in CastleBar. 23 of the 24 seabird species in Ireland are now in conservation danger. And, there is not enough housing on the offshore islands. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - there's an increase in houseboats on the canals because of the housing shortage. We hear about the Waters of Life project, to reverse the deterioration of Ireland's most pristine rivers, and why angling is so important to Ireland. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - we go underwater with Diving Ireland, hear a warning about the squeeze on space in Irish waters and the emotional story of a Dundalk ship’s bell. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition – We hear about the paradise of Inishbofin Island off the Connemara coast, from the woman who successfully fought Trinity College to get the skulls of islanders returned there. We follow mini-boats from West Cork across the Atlantic, celebrate inshore lifeboats, and hear that Killybegs fishermen in Donegal are challenging international fisheries scientists. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/

On this edition - The view of the fishing industry on alternative energy development, the Baltimore Wooden Boats Festival and the man who believes he was born to sail prepares for the Mini Globe Race. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Find all our links at https://linktr.ee/tmmaritime

On this edition - The Breen Brothers, Tommy and John, talk about their ballad “Calling Me Home’ about the tragedy of the fishing boat Alice. First broadcast in June 2022. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/ Or on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tmmaritime

On this edition - The story of Radio Caroline and the 1980 sinking of the radio ship MV Mi Amigo. First broadcast in April 2021. Presented by Tom MacSweeney - https://twitter.com/tommacsweeney Discover comprehensive maritime coverage at https://maritimeirelandradioshow.ie/ Stay up to date with Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3qfVLEr or on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2DX9F5FA Follow Tom MacSweeney's Maritime Ireland on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maritimeirelandradioshow/ Or on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tmmaritime