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WFD Register of Protected Areas - River Water Bodies for Drinking Water (WFD RBMP Cycle 2)Environmental Protection AgencyHealthThis dataset represents a snapshot taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2. These are the drinking water river lines delineated in accordance with European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (SI no. 278/2007).
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WFD Register of Protected Areas - Groundwater bodies for Drinking Water (WFD RBMP Cycle 2)Environmental Protection AgencyHealthThis dataset represents a snapshot taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2. These are the Drinking water groundwater body polygons delineated in accordance with European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (SI no. 278/2007).
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Register of Protected Areas - Nutrient Sensitive Areas Surface Waterbodies (WFD RBMP Cycle 2)Environmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentThis dataset represents a snapshot taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2. WFD Surface Waterbodies intersecting with designated Nutrient Sensitive Areas waterbodies in accordance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment (UWWT) Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban...
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WFD Register of Protected Areas - Surface Water Bodies for Drinking Water (WFD RBMP Cycle 2)Environmental Protection AgencyHealthThis dataset represents a snapshot taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2. These are the Drinking water surface water body polygons delineated in accordance with European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (SI no. 278/2007).
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EnvironmentNational Maritime College Ireland Shipboard and familiarisation training survey in Cork Harbour. NMCI student training for ABs and engineers. This project is to allow exposure of undergraduate students at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) to the experience of...
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This data shows the location of commercial ports (including ferry) around the Republic of Ireland. It also includes specific data pertaining to the volume of traffic over the period 1999 to 2014, as well as the tonnage of goods handled between 2000 and 2012. None
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Focused Delivery Flow Paths are the areas of converging runoff that results in an increasing accumulation of flow. It is important to consider the available source of phosphorus in these contributing areas when deciding whether to target measures (check the underlying PIP-CSA...
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EnvironmentThis dataset contains the digital points for Major Coastal Towns and Cities in Ireland. The geography has been developed by the Marine Institute specifically for the production and analysis of marine spatial planning. None
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Hourly measurements of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and estimated dissolved organ...Marine InstituteEnvironmentDissolved organic carbon (DOC) is a general description of the organic material dissolved in water. Organic carbon occurs as the result of decomposition of plant or animal material. Organic carbon present in soil or water bodies may then dissolve when contacted by water. This...
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EnvironmentScales and otoliths are routinely collected in the Burrishoole catchment within the permanent fish traps as part of the ongoing LTER (long term ecological research) program of monitoring. Scales and otoliths can be indicative of fish growth. Furthermore, scales and otoliths...
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EnvironmentThe TOSCA geological and biological research survey took place over May - June 2018 on board the RV Celtic Explorer with the mission of studying the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a complex area located 1,600km west of Ireland deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Led by University College Dublin...
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EnvironmentThe Irish Groundfish Surveys is part of an annual International Bottom Trawl Survey (IBTS) programme co-ordinated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The survey is carried out over 47 days between October-December each year by the Marine...
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This winter cruise forms part of the Groundfish Survey programme which is an annual 6 week fish trawl survey held in the 4th quarter of the year that has an essential aim to examine the composition and abundance of fish species in the waters surrounding Ireland. This major...
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SUPERSEDED - The version has been superseded. And a new edition is now available under the Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland, fourth edition, 2024. This atlas provides a series of detailed maps of commercial fishing activity around Ireland with the aim of providing...
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The ROMS (Regional Ocean Modeling System) hydrodynamic model is run for a domain that covers the Irish waters in the northeast Atlantic. The model has a mean horizontal resolution of 1.9 km and 40 terrain-following vertical layers. The system produces a best estimate of the...
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A permanently moored thermistor chain at the deepest point in Lough Feeagh measures water temperature at 13 depths (0.9, 2.5, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 27, 32, 42). This dataset comprises data collected between 2004 and 2019 which has gone through detailed QA/QC. More...
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EnvironmentThe Irish Wave Power Atlas published in 2005 describes an initial comparison between several years of hourly wave forecasts (using WAM) on a grid of points located off the Irish coast with corresponding records from a number of buoys installed in recent years. Based on the...
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Galway Bay 1/4 Scale Marine Energy Test Site Waverider buoys have collected observations and measurements on wave characteristics including wave height and period statistics. Waverider buoys are located in the Galway Bay 1/4 Scale Test Site and the Full Scale Atlantic Marine...
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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 a successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and...
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This survey was carried out to trial the Underwater TV (UWTV) system for surveying the abundance and distribution of Nephrops. It was conducted by the Marine Institute (MI) in Galway Bay in December 2016. Nephrops is a genus of lobsters comprising a single extant species,...
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