Another Life: Undersea noise caused by humans a major threat to whales and dolphins Michael Viney: Celtic Mist, donated by the Haughey family, now serving as a research vessel for conservation body
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He would have met dolphins aplenty, arching ahead of his yacht beyond Dingle Bay. The sight of a whale was perhaps more rare: a distant spout or occasional, glistening fin.
Today, Charles Haughey’s feeling for nature – unique in past Irish governments – can claim an expanding legacy in conservation. Just 30 years from his declaration of Irish waters as a cetacean sanctuary, a Cork university academic leads Europe’s campaign against a major threat to whales and dolphins and much else in marine life: human-caused, undersea noise.
10th March 2021
VIRTUAL VOYAGER: An online view taken from RV Celtic Voyager s wheelhouse with below marine biology students ashore! taking in the live-streaming from tutors while in Dublin Bay.
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RV Celtic Voyager of the Marine Institute, Ireland s national agency for marine research, development and innovation, has been working in south Dublin Bay this week,
writes Jehan Ashmore.
The 31.4m ship to be replaced next year by a Spanish newbuild, to be named the RV Tom Crean (52.8m), has since the start of this week carried out ship-based training albeit for land-based marine biology students given the lock-down restrictions.
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Patricia Clarkson to Play Fair Pay Pioneer Lilly Ledbetter (EXCLUSIVE)
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Patricia Clarkson is set to portray Lilly Ledbetter, the fair pay pioneer for whom President Obama named a piece of legislation in 2009.
The “Sharp Objects” Emmy winner will lead “Lilly,” a new indie feature from director Rachel Feldman. The script was co-written by Feldman and Adam Prince (“Junglee”), from producer J. Todd Harris (“TheTrial of The Chicago 7,” “The Kids Are All Right”).
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Ledbetter was a factory worker who had been paid 40% less than her male coworkers in the same role over a 20-year period. In a David vs. Goliath struggle, the aggrieved Alabama wife and mother motivated President Obama to sign his first piece of legislation in her name. The project will follow one woman’s fight for justice, while also painting a heartbreaking personal story and the tension-filled stakes behind her political achievements
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