Oceans of Learning Podcast Hears How Ireland Can & Should Be an Ocean Superpower
9th June 2021
Credit: Tom Szumski
The fourth and final episode in the Oceans of Learning podcast series airs tomorrow, Thursday 10 June, with presenter Finn van der Aar finding out how the next generation can seek to influence and engage with politicians and government and why research and innovation is so important for the marine environment.
Joining Finn to share their stories and solutions to the challenges the ocean is facing are Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs; John Bell, director of Healthy Planet and director general of research and innovation at the European Commission; Aodhán Fitzgerald, research vessel manager with the Marine Institute; and Eimear Manning and Gary Kett, who are both involved with the All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassador Programme.
28th January 2021
Sub-Lieut Tahlia Britton from Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal,
Credit: Davy Jones/Óglaigh na hÉireann
“We’ll always give our best, treat every incident as if it is one of our own.. and try our utmost to get a missing family member back to their loved one...”
The words of Lieut Stephen Stack, head of the Naval Service diving unit, speaking about what keeps his colleague “motivated and driven to succeed”.
Last year, Sub-Lieut Tahlia Britton from Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal, became the first female to qualify for the Naval Service diving unit. A former champion surfer, she studied podiatry at NUI Galway but always wanted to join the military.