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Seascapes
SEASCAPES: Radio 1's weekly maritime programme, providing comprehensive coverage of the marine sector, is presented by Marcus Connaughton.
You can hear Seascapes each Friday night at 10.30 p.m. on RTÉ Radio 1 FM, Sky Digital 0160, NTL Channel 901 and in Northern Ireland on Virgin Media 917. There is also a Seascapes teletext service on Aertel, RTÉ 1 at page 190.
The programme is repeated at these times:
RTÉ Radio 1 FM - Monday morning at 5.02 a.m.
RTÉ Choice - Saturday lunchtime at 12.30 p.m. and again on Wednesday morning at 7.30 a.m.
On RTÉ.ie - Anytime
The SEASCAPES book has been published by Mercier Press to mark 1,000 editions of the programme.
Contact Us
Your comments are welcome. Phone the Seascapes Maritime Call line on 1850 715 170 or write to the address below.
Phone: 021 4805876
Fax: 021 4805835
Email: seascapes@rte.ie
Postal address : RTE, Fr. Mathew Street, Cork
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Friday, January 15th – Lakes on Mars, life on the islands and Paul Adamson from Sailing West on a Yachmaster sailing course.
Seascapes Friday 29th January 2010
The busiest lifeboat station last year was Dun Laoghaire in Dublin, where the crew launched 68 times and rescued 92 people last year. The next busiest station was in Northern Ireland where the Bangor lifeboat volunteers launched 55 times, rescuing 69 people. The Aran Islands’ lifeboat in Galway and the Enniskillen stations on Lough Erne were also in demand with 51 callouts each and over 100 people rescued between them. Other lifeboat crews who had high levels of callouts included Crosshaven in Cork with 45 launches and 45 people rescued, and Arranmore in County Donegal with 44 callouts and 32 people rescued. Howth lifeboat crew members in Dublin launched 43 times and brought 70 people to safety.
You can find out more about the Addergoole Titanic Society on www.mayo-titanic.com also there were Chantal Murray secretary of The Irish Titanic Historical Society based in Dublin and the treasurer of the Belfast Titanic society Una Reilly with members drawn from both societies .You can discover more about the Belfast Titanic Society on www.belfast-titanic.com and the ITHS or Irish Titanic Historical Society on www.iths.ie .
Rory Golden of Flag Ship Scuba Diving is one of the leading diving experts in these islands and has the distinction of diving on the Titanic we talked about his involvement with the vessel. Michael Martin is the author of Spike Island – Saints ,Felons and Famine and runs the Titanic Trail –a walking tour of the vessels historic last port of call to Cobh ........Michael and I strolled through
this haunting display of artefacts .
Pictured L to R Michael Martin, Titanic Trail ,Cobh & Rory Golden , Flag Ship Scuba with the Titanic at the Titanic-the artefacts exhibition www.titanicdublin.com

Farmer, boating enthusiast Gerald Potterton , author of "In the Wake of Giants - Journeys on the Barrow and Grand Canal" published by Ballyhay Books.Latest Seascapes Podcasts
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When: Friday nights at 10.30 p.m.
Presenter: Marcus Connaughton
Producer: Marcus Connaughton
Contact:
seascapes@rte.ie
Phone: 021 4805876
24-hour LoCall Line: 1850 715 170
Fax: 021 4805835
Postal address: Seascapes,
RTÉ,
Fr. Mathew Street,
Cork.
