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We are very happy to let you know that we are coming back online.   Geological Survey Ireland Spatial Resources : dcenr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries…   INFOMAR Marine Data Download Portal : experience.arcgis.com/experience/3f2…

Open Water Championships are underway across Ireland this weekend 🏊‍♀️🌊 For many, it’s more than a race - it’s a sport that builds confidence, community, and real-world lifesaving skills. From local beaches to world championships, the people and the passion keep bringing everyone back. Best of luck to all competitors this season 👏 #OpenWaterChamps #WSI #LifesavingSport #SurfLifesavingIreland

Are you writing a proposal for the upcoming #HorizonEU calls? 🇪🇺 About to kick off an ocean or water science project under #MissionOcean 🌊 #PREP4BLUE has a range of resources to help you work towards the Mission's citizen engagement target outcomes! prep4blue.eu/resources/

🌊 We’ve been on the shore in Dublin, Wicklow & Galway recently with @CleanCoasts & @TidyTownsIre Leitir Mealláin & Baile na Cille doing some Citizen Science 🦀💧 Want to get involved? Head to 👉 exploreyourshore.ie #ExploreYourShore #CitizenScience

📸✨ Countdown to the #LoveYourCoast winners reveal this Friday! 🌅 Check last year's winners for a taster of what to expect! 💙 cleancoasts.exposure.co/love-your-coas… @Failte_Ireland @irishexaminer #FailteIreland #CleanCoasts #PhotographyCompetition #CoastalPhotography

Great time at @CuanBeo information evening this evening, what an amazing community project #MyOcean

Through co-development & co-creation #PREP4BLUE has prepared useful resources for #MissionOcean stakeholders. Today we spotlight tools for accelerating public and private investment in solutions! Perfect for R&I projects looking to scale solutions & policy actors at all levels🚀

🌊 Great day at our #Biodiversity workshop with @biodatacentre! We spotted crabs, jellyfish, and learned to monitor marine life through #CitizenScience with #ExploreYourShore. 🌿 Our new #CleanCoastsObservers are now ready to protect our marine life! Have you signed up yet?💙

Thank you Carlingford, the Shifting Tides Project is an inspiration 👏👏👏 #MyOcean

The next panel discussion on ‘The Future of the Lough’, hosted by Suzie Cahn Shifting Tides with Dr. Sarah McLean - Head of Science at the Loughs Agency & Heidi MclIvenny is a marine scientist and community advocate #MyOcean

The first panel discussion on citizen science is underway ‘not community engagement, but a way to engage communities’. With Dave Wall from @BioDataCentre , Liz Philcox, Filmmaker and Diver, Sandra Woods & Claire Casey @SeaSearchIre , chaired by Suzie Chan from ShiftingTides

The regional gathering in Omeath has began, thank you to Shifting Tides for hosting us today. A great day ahead, with talks and discussions. And for those who couldn’t make it recordings will be available afterwards. #OurOcean

📢 Just a few days left to apply! We're hiring Catchment Scientists to join our busy team!💧 🕓 Deadline: 4pm, 5th June 🔗 Find out more about the job, including how to apply at lawaters.ie/careers #jobfairy

🌊 Happy World Seaweed Day! 🌱 Did you know there are over 12,000 seaweed species worldwide? 🧐 Explore Your Shore! and help record Ireland’s amazing seaweeds! 👉 exploreyourshore.ie #WorldSeaweedDay

Rivers connect land to sea, carrying nutrients, life and now, plastic litter. Once lifelines for communities and biodiversity, rivers are pathways for pollution. With the right action, we can change course and #BeatPlasticPollution: worldenvironmentday.global

📢 Exciting News! The May edition of our Monthly eZine is out now! 📢 May’s edition celebrates National Water Safety Awareness Week and the return of lifeguards to beaches in Cork 🌊. Plus, discover exciting new opportunities to join Water Safety Ireland and make a difference this summer! 🏊‍♂️🛟 To read this month's newsletter 👇 conta.cc/4kfESmd #watersafety #enjoythewaterrespecttherisk

It's World No Tobacco Day! 🚬 Did you know smoking litter is a top found item in Ireland and globally? Butts take over a decade to decompose and leach toxins that kill fish! 🐠☠️ 📖 Read more: cleancoasts.org/cigarette-butt… #BinYourButts #CleanCoasts #2MinuteBeachClean

🌊 One Ocean. One Day. One Survey. This #WorldOceansDay (Sunday 8 June), help us learn more about the Ocean by taking part in one of our #ExploreYourShore surveys! There are 3 to choose from. Dive in 👉 exploreyourshore.ie/world-oceans-d… #CitizenScience