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survey-of-r-d-in-the-higher-education-sector-2014-2015Department of Enterprise, Trade and EmploymentScience
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Heavy mineral sands are common on the beaches of the Belmullet Peninsula and Achill Island as well as southern outer Clew Bay. The combination of metamorphic and igneous terrain adjacent to high energy coastlines offers a clear scenario for heavy mineral sand development in...
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This file contains original variables from Theme 9 Social Class from Census 2006 & 2011 and a series of additional variables produced by AIRO such as percentage rates, ratios etc. The file includes data on Social Class, Socio-Economic Group of Persons and Persons in...
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This file contains original variables from Theme 9 Social Class from Census 2011 and a series of additional variables produced by AIRO such as percentage rates, ratios etc. The file includes data on Social Class, Socio-Economic Group of Persons and Persons in Private...
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This file contains original variables from Theme 14 Industry of Employment from Census 2011 and a series of additional variables produced by AIRO such as percentage rates, ratios etc. The file includes data on Persons At Work by Industry for the 18,488 Small Areas in the...
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Galway Bay 1/4 Scale Marine Energy Test Site Area None
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Galway Bay 1/4 Scale Marine Energy Test Site Cable Route between Spiddal pier and test site observatory. None
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Irish National Tide Gauge Network (INTGN) 14: Ballycotton Tide Gauge, Co. Cork, Ireland 2010 - Pr...Marine InstituteEnvironmentThe Ballycotton Tide gauge is part of the Irish National Tide Gauge Network which is a network of tide gauges located around the coast of Ireland collecting water level data as part of the development of a permanent tidal monitoring infrastructure. Parameters collected...
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The Scheme Reports Groundwater Protection map provides links to county based reports. A groundwater protection scheme has land surface zone map(s) and groundwater protection responses for potentially polluting activities e.g., landfill, land spreading and septic tanks. The...
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Minerals are naturally occurring; they are not made by humans. They are inorganic in that they have never been alive and are not made up from plants or animals. They are solid, not liquids (like water), or gases (like the air around you). Each one is made of a particular mix...
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EnvironmentThis oceanographic survey, led by the Marine Institute, was conducted from 26th January - 2nd February 2006 on board the R.V. Celtic Explorer. The focus area was the Porcupine Bank in the North East Atlantic Ocean. Standard oceanographic research data collection to ascertain...
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The INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland's MArine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is the successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS)...
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This map shows the areas where sub-bottom profile data is available in Irish waters. Sub-bottom profile data shows the rock features and the sediment layers that are below the seabed. A sub-bottom profile is created by sending sound waves from the vessel to the seabed. The...
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In the southwest of Ireland and the Celtic Sea (ICES divisions: 7j-g and 7aS), herring are an important commercial species to the pelagic and polyvalent fleet. Acoustic surveys are currently are the only tuning indices available for this stock. Since 2004 the survey has been...
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Public Water Supplies (PWSs) are managed by Irish Water, Ireland's national water utility, since 2013. Before this, public water supplies were managed by Local Authorities. More than 70% of public supplies take groundwater from boreholes, springs and infiltration galleries....
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In terms of time scale in geology, Quaternary is the present-day time and it began 2.6 million years ago. A lot of this time period relates to the Ice Age. Quaternary Geomorphology shows features left on the earth’s surface during this time. Glaciers and ice sheets, which are...
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This research survey took place in June 2005 on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer, led by National University of Ireland, Galway. This was a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Survey in the North East Atlantic Ocean. Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD)...
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EnvironmentThis survey, led by University College Dublin (UCD), took place in July 2014 on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic Ocean. Originally there had been three objectives for SORBEH; 1) Lithological characterisation of the Eastern...
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Bedrock is the solid rock at or below the land surface. Over much of Ireland, the bedrock is covered by materials such as soil and gravel. The Bedrock map shows what the land surface of Ireland would be made up of if these materials were removed. As the bedrock is commonly...
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Streams are important parts of our ecosystem and crucial water sources. Knowing composition of stream waters helps to understand where it came from and how it can be used. Geochemists test stream water samples using different methods to see the spread of elements and ions...
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