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    The Ballyglass Harbour 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 geographical area of the Draft South Coast DMAP (Designated Maritime Area Plan) Maritime Areas. It was published for public consultation, by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in May 2024. The draft SC-DMAP identifies four proposed Maritime Areas...
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    A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked. Shipwrecks are located either beached on land or sunken at the bottom of the sea. The shipwreck data shows the location of shipwrecks mapped in the sea around Ireland. Research ships working at sea map shipwrecks and other...
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    This map shows the ship survey lines where the seabed has been mapped in Irish waters. The seabed is mapped using boats. The boats use special equipment called a multibeam echosounder. A multibeam echosounder is a type of sonar that is used to map the seabed. Sound waves are...
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    This map shows the areas where the seabed has been mapped in Irish waters. The seabed is mapped using boats and airplanes. The boats use special equipment called a multibeam echosounder. A multibeam echosounder is a type of sonar that is used to map the seabed. Sound waves are...
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    This dataset shows the locations of Activity Operators providing surfing hire, lessons or related services as collated by Failte Ireland. This is a subset of the larger Failte Ireland Activities Dataset, downloaded in April 2021.  The Activities dataset was downloaded from...

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    Displays wrecks from the National Monuments Service’s Wreck Inventory of Ireland Database (WIID) for which there is a recorded location. There is data held within the WIID on a large number of wrecks for which we have no precise recorded location, co-ordinate or known extent....
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    The locations of military danger and restricted areas that can affect coastal areas in Ireland. The boundaries of the danger and restricted areas were digitised using coordinates and instructions provided in the Irish Aviation Authority’s Integrated Aeronautical Information...
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    Biospheres are places where nature and culture connect. In 1981, UNESCO recognised the importance of Dublin Bay by designating North Bull Island as a Biosphere because of its rare and internationally important habitats and species of wildlife. To support sustainable...
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    This dataset shows the location or potential locations of marine renewable energy sites (wind farm authorisations) in Irish waters. This is based upon formal applications submitted to the foreshore licence application office. The sites are catagorised depending on the stage...
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    The EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) requires designation of SPAs for: listed rare and vulnerable species; regularly occurring migratory species, such as ducks, geese and waders; wetlands, especially those of international importance, which attract large numbers of migratory...
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    These are prime wildlife conservation areas in the country, considered to be important on a European as well as Irish level. Most Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) are in the countryside, although a few sites reach into town or city landscapes, such as Dublin Bay and Cork...
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    The Draft South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) Proposal Boundary for Offshore Renewable Energy signals Ireland's first step into the systemic, plan-led development of our huge off-shore wind potential. DMAPs will determine the broad area where offshore renewable...
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    An exclusive economic zone extends from the outer limit of the territorial sea to a maximum of 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from the territorial sea baseline, thus it includes the contiguous zone. A coastal nation has control of all economic resources within its...
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    These grid data were derived from National Parks and Wildlife Service cetacean surveys within the Irish MSFD area and the EEA-10km GRID. The grid shows the current distribution of Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) and Grey seal (Halichoreus grypus) in Irish coastal and marine...
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    The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection, improvement and management of surface waters and groundwaters. A new WFD lake catchment layer was created in 2022. New lake catchments were delineated for every WFD lake from the...
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    This dataset contains the status results for lake waterbodies (LWB) and status assigned to unmonitored WFD LWBs as part of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) with the objectives to achieve or maintain at least good ecological status and good chemical status
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    The EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) establishes a framework for the protection, improvement and management of surface waters and groundwaters. A new lake catchment layer of unnested WFD lake catchments was delineated in 2022. For every WFD lake water body, an...
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    This table contains all the River Waterbody Status results recorded in accordance with European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 (SI no. 722/2003). The regulation objectives include the attainment of good status in waterbodies that are of lesser status at present...
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    This dataset contains status results based on the assessment of groundwater chemical and quantitative figures in Ireland. This is drawn from representative monitoring points selected specifically for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) groundwater monitoring programme.
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