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Hello my name is Sibéal Regan from St. Raphael’s College. Loughrea, Co. Galway and I’m currently doing my Junior Certificate. I organised a fund raiser in our school to raise money for the IWDG and increase awareness about Irish whales and dolphins. I had to research the IWDG website and from there I got an

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Hello my name is Sibéal Regan from St. Raphael’s College. Loughrea, Co. Galway and I’m currently doing my Junior Certificate. I organised a fund raiser in our school to raise money for the IWDG and increase awareness about Irish whales and dolphins. I had to research the IWDG website and from there I got an

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Report III, 03/05/12 Bottlenose dolphins still present up to 19:00 this evening according to local members Richard Creagh and Carol Loftus, who took some great photo ID images of these animals which we’ll run through the Irish Bottlenose dolphin catalogue for matching. Carol reports ….” They are still swimming at times in very shallow water

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Report III, 03/05/12 Bottlenose dolphins still present up to 19:00 this evening according to local members Richard Creagh and Carol Loftus, who took some great photo ID images of these animals which we’ll run through the Irish Bottlenose dolphin catalogue for matching. Carol reports ….” They are still swimming at times in very shallow water

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Two Marine Science students from GMIT (and IWDG members) are carrying out an 8 day trans-Atlantic cetacean and bird survey on board the R.V. Celtic Explorer. Paddy O’Dwyer and Enda McKeogh are keeping a daily blog of the trip for those interested in following them across the Atlantic. The mid-Atlantic is rarely surveyed for marine

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Two Marine Science students from GMIT (and IWDG members) are carrying out an 8 day trans-Atlantic cetacean and bird survey on board the R.V. Celtic Explorer. Paddy O’Dwyer and Enda McKeogh are keeping a daily blog of the trip for those interested in following them across the Atlantic. The mid-Atlantic is rarely surveyed for marine

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Report Update, 22/04/12 The ongoing mystery of the whale stranded in Clohane near Liscannor in North Clare has been resolved. Images sent by Brian and Teresa Kelly confirm it to be a long-finned pilot whale. The image below shows the round, bulbous head, large dorsal fin and the upper part of its long pectoral fins.

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Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has recently teamed up with the Technical University of Catalonia in Spain, the Marine Institute and Biospheric Engineering Ltd. to begin a project studying ocean noise in Irish waters. Anthropogenic noise is now recognised as a significant pollutant in the marine environment and there is particular concern of the effects of

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Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has recently teamed up with the Technical University of Catalonia in Spain, the Marine Institute and Biospheric Engineering Ltd. to begin a project studying ocean noise in Irish waters. Anthropogenic noise is now recognised as a significant pollutant in the marine environment and there is particular concern of the effects of

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Report Update, 22/04/12 The ongoing mystery of the whale stranded in Clohane near Liscannor in North Clare has been resolved. Images sent by Brian and Teresa Kelly confirm it to be a long-finned pilot whale. The image below shows the round, bulbous head, large dorsal fin and the upper part of its long pectoral fins.

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