Joint Press Release: Provided by the Center for Coastal Studies, the New England Aquarium, and the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group. Published verbatim as submitted. Unique Encounter with Right Whale off Boston Reveals Unusual European Connection BOSTON, MASS. (Dec. 3, 2025) – Researchers have discovered that a North Atlantic right whale recently sighted in Massachusetts
The long-awaited auction of the Tonn Nua site, part of the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP), has been won by Helvick Head Offshore Wind DAC which is a joint venture between ESB and Ørsted. The developer wins a contract to provide electricity at €98.719 per megawatt hour (MWh) for a 20-year period. The
A species of whale, never before recorded in Ireland, washed up in Co Donegal last weekend. A small 2-3m whale or dolphin was reported to the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group stranded on Sweet Nellies Beach, just north of Greencastle on the Inishowen Peninsular. After reviewing images sent with the report, IWDG Strandings Officer
On 12 November, IWDG joined colleagues from Fair Seas, BirdWatch Ireland, Irish Wildlife Trust, Irish Environmental Network and the wider Environmental Pillar for a briefing with Minister Timmy Dooley and officials from the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE) on the future of Ireland’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) legislation. The meeting followed Cabinet’s
Having delivered previous Whale Tales Events in the Green Isle Hotel, Dublin (2017), The Radisson Sligo (2022), the CECAS Ctr. In Leap, west Cork (2023), it was time to look north. As one of the few All-Ireland NGOs and perhaps the only marine themed NGO, the north always poses a few unique challenges for IWDG.
Applications are invited for a Chief Operating Officer (COO) position with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG). IWDG was founded in 1990 to establish an All-Ireland sighting and stranding scheme and to campaign for the declaration of Irish waters as a whale and dolphin sanctuary. Since then, the group has grown in numbers to
Job Title: Citizen Science Officer – ACCLIMATISE Project Organisation: Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) Location: Based in Northern Ireland (Hybrid considered) Contract Type: 3 Years full-time Starting Salary: €38,000 Application Deadline: 28th November 2025 About the IWDG The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) is an all-Ireland charity dedicated to the conservation and better
After more than two weeks reacquainting myself with dry land, I have taken the time to reflect on IWDG’s ‘Floating Classroom’ in Galway City this year! As the group’s new Education and Outreach Officer, Floating Classroom is the most important event on my calendar, where we sail our distinguished Research Vessel Celtic Mist to a
We are delighted to announce that the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group with its Live Stranding Project has won the National Lottery Good Causes Award 2025 in the Heritage category, recognising the group’s vital contribution to the protection of Ireland’s marine wildlife and cultural heritage. The National Lottery Good Causes Awards celebrate the inspiring work
When it was announced that a second edition of the Acoustic Monitoring from Ireland to the Gibraltar Oceanic waters Survey (AMIGOS) was underway for the STRAITS (Strategic Infrastructure for improved animal Tracking in European Seas) project, we were quick to reach out to the chief scientist, Dr María Pérez Tadeo, to see if another berth