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Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes

The SEASCAPES Podcast reports on Ireland’s maritime development, tradition, history and culture, through the voices of the people of an island nation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ports and Pilots are Essential to Ireland’s Economy

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/10/31

This month’s SEASCAPES Podcast highlights the work of marine pilots, who guide ships safely into and from our ports, carrying over 90 per cent of the country’s exports and imports. Also on the Podcast - Why has the Government reduced funding in the Budget to fishing by nearly €20m. and– the shortage of seafarers. There is an urgent need to recruit more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:10

Will Inshore Fishermen Survive?

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/10/01

Inshore fishermen, fishing from small boats, are a core of coastal communities, but face huge challenges. Will they survive? Also on the Podcast – Otters are declining in Ireland and dockers in Dublin want to honour a hero. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:18

The Love of a Folkboat

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/09/01

On the September edition – a sailor spends ten years restoring a Folkboat, then sells it; the RNLI needs Volunteers and Ireland has 750,000 seabird visitors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:21

Searching for Songs of the Sea

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/08/01

On this month's edition - Has the Government Got the Backbone to Fight for Irish Fishing?That is a tough question, but it is asked on this month’s SEASCAPES Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:05

From Amsterdam to Cork Harbour to run a marina for 40...

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/07/01

The ship’s engineer who first arrived in Cork with the Dutch Smit Tak company for the development of the Kinsale Head Gas Field and stayed to run a marina, Wieste Buwalda, one of the most iconic figures in the marine sector, outlines the challenges of 40 years in the business as he retires, selling the marina to next door neighbour, the oldest yacht club in the world, the Royal Cork at Crosshaven.He discusses the difficulties of getting foreshore licences, bureaucracy in the Department of the Marine

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24:49

Where family heritage meets daily life

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/06/15

This month’s podcast features two families, one from Cork which has invested in a multi-million Euro seafood centre and another whose members have given 140 years of service driving cranes in Waterford Port.The Good family traces its maritime history back to running a ferry boat in Cork Harbour. The O’Hanlon’s work high above ships in Waterford to keep exports and imports moving. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:49

Ireland's Marine Sector Must Be Cherished

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/05/15

Ireland's maritime sector must be made to benefit all the people of the nation, says the Chairman of the first Oireachtas Committee set up specifically for maritime affairs. Waterford Sinn Fein T.D., Conor McGuinness, tells the SEASCAPES Podcast that the Committeehas a "wide remit" and he intends to use it fully. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:43

There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector...

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/04/15

“There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment…..”Those aren’t my words – they were spoken to me by Minister of State Timmy Dooley in his summary of the overall marine sphere In his first interview after two months in a dual maritime and fisheries post, which you can hear on this month’s SEASCAPES Podcast. Also, a discussion between the two sides of wind farm development and its effects on the fishing industry; €25m. spent by a Cork shipping company on a new survey vesseland –

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20:20

Once Navy – Always Navy

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/03/15

Remembering a submarine explosion 105 years ago.Also on this edition – Fish Farming will be a vital supplier of food to future generations … Are whales changing which parts of Ireland they visitand the Waterford Estuary harbour which has changed, but not for the better….. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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16:55

The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/02/15

The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen.”“The way the Irish fishing industry is treated about Bluefin Tuna is insane,” says John Shine, a leading figure for 20 years in the marketing and selling of Irish fish, highlighting that Irish fishermen are prevented from catching Bluefin Tuna in Irish waters, while other nations are allowed to do so. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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13:58

Alone around the World

Tom MacSweeney"s Seascapes ·

2025/02/01

On this edition of the maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney,thePolish solo sailor who is Ireland’s only representative in what is being described as “a world first event, never attempted before …” explains why he intends to spend over a year sailing 26,000 miles alone around the world on a 19-foot plywood boat which he has built himself….. The Managing Director of a Valentia Island boatyard discusses how it has built the first Naval vessel in Ireland for forty years…. and a

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