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Scubaverse Underwater Photographer Interview: Ivan Donoghue Published 1 month ago NRB: Tell us a little about yourself ID: My name is Ivan Donoghue.  I live in a coastal county of Ireland called Wexford and it was with Wexford Sub Aqua Club that I learned to dive in 1990.  In 1996 I bought my first small housing for a disposable camera, then moving up through a Nikonos V, several compact digital cameras and now shoot with a Canon 7Dii DSLR in an Aquatica housing. Over the years I’ve had modest success in some of the underwater competitions including the British and Irish Underwater Phot...

Book reviews: tall tales of the high seas, from Waterford's vantage point To say that Doherty, from Cheekpoint in Co Waterford, is steeped in stories of the sea is a bit like saying the tide itself ebbs and flows. A Clyde Shipping Co. vessel in Waterford Harbour Sun, 21 Feb, 2021 - 07:33 Dan MacCarthy Andrew Doherty History Press Ireland, €12.99  THE past year has seen the publication of some fabulous Irish maritime books not least Connie Kelleher’s The Alliance of Pirates, and Marc Vallig O’Sullivan’s People of the Sea about seafaring life on the Beara Peninsula. Joining them is a ...

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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...

January is normally the month when we dream of escaping the dark skies and chill of winter and plan that sun-soaked holiday, city break or long-haul adventure.