Seascapes

RTÉ Radio 1
  • 4.8 (5)
  • SOCIETY & CULTURE

The RTÉ maritime programme with Fergal Keane bringing you around our coasts and onto traditional and modern boats and yachts for a taste of the great outdoors. Listen live at 10.30pm every Friday night.

  1. 06/06/2025

    Seascapes 06.06.25

    On Seascapes this week, the Corkwoman who's head of European Fisheries Control, the Lithuanian scientists measuring ship pollution using drones, and the artists who are focusing on islands.

    25 min

  2. 05/30/2025

    Seascapes 30.05.25

    This week on Seascapes with Lorna Siggins, the focus is on cruise ships; the economic benefits, the environmental cost and the lives of those working on board.

    27 min

  3. 05/23/2025

    Seascapes 23.05.25

    On this week's Seascapes Lorna Siggins is in Cork for EU Maritime Day, and a seaside bookseller shares a recommendation.

    26 min

  4. 05/16/2025

    Seascapes 16.05.25

    20 years since the Shell to Sea Campaign and the jailing of five local men, who became known as 'The Rossport Five', Lorna Siggins revisits the story, and we ask people whose lives involve the sea to tell us about their favourite marine books.

    27 min

  5. 05/09/2025

    Seascapes 09.05.25

    In this edition of Seascapes, a public meeting to discuss proposed new windfarms out in the Irish Sea, and Lorna Siggins meets the first woman to windsurf a giant wave in Hawaii, made famous by a Bond movie.

    26 min

  6. 03/17/2023

    Seascapes

    Fergal Keane visits the Coastguard station in Valentia Island in County Kerry. Valentia is one of the main marine search and rescue centres in the county and plays a major role in rescue efforts right along the south west coast.We also hear from Owen Brislin about how the station operated.

    26 min

  7. 03/10/2023

    Seascapes

    Seascapes this week comes from the Ireland on the Water Expo. We hear from Olympic gold medal rower, Fintan McCarthy, ambassador for the event. We hear from Bloom Field House Boats. Madeline Kelly tells us about women in angling. We hear about the solar powered boat Grid Buster, Atlantic Costal Cruises and CH Marine on paddle boards.

    26 min

  8. 03/03/2023

    Seascapes

    Lorna Siggins reports from the recent Skipper Expo in Limerick and also meets the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. Fergal Keane hears about a new pier in Howth which has just been opened for large trawlers. Chief Engineer at the Department of Agriculture and Marine, Noel Clancy, speaks about the new pier.

    26 min
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4.8
out of 5
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About

The RTÉ maritime programme with Fergal Keane bringing you around our coasts and onto traditional and modern boats and yachts for a taste of the great outdoors. Listen live at 10.30pm every Friday night.

Information

  • Creator
    RTÉ Radio 1
  • Years Active
    2006 - 2025
  • Episodes
    73
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © RTÉ 2025
  • Show Website
    Seascapes

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