International Maritime Organisation
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EU-UK row over ambassador’s status worsens amid leak of letter
- UK
- January 21, 2021, 16:42
A near-yearlong row about the UK’s refusal to grant full diplomatic status to the EU mission to the UK has worsened, with the leak of a letter reveali(...)

Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese tanker oil spill spreads
- Africa
- August 11, 2020, 17:41
Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage to the Indian Ocean island’s most pristine beaches (...)

Misconduct claims in Department of Transport spark Garda inquiry
- Crime & Law
- August 3, 2020, 02:36
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has instructed detectives to investigate allegations of misconduct in public office in the Department of Transport. Th(...)

Relatives of Whiddy Island disaster hope 40th anniversary will highlight need to implement regulation
- Irish News
- January 4, 2019, 01:00
Michael Kingston had just celebrated his fourth birthday the day before his father, Tim, was killed in the Whiddy Island terminal disaster on January (...)

EU questions independence of Ireland’s marine investigations body
- Environment
- July 20, 2018, 21:29
The European Commission has referred Ireland to the EU Court of Justice for failing to uphold EU law on “impartial” investigations of marine incidents(...)

EU issues proceedings against Ireland over seafarer training
- Education
- December 22, 2017, 19:48
The European Commission is taking action against Ireland for allegedly failing to comply with EU law on the mutual recognition of seafarers’ qualifica(...)

COP21: Aviation and shipping a climate law unto themselves
- Environment
- December 7, 2015, 01:00
International aviation and shipping have rightly been dubbed “the elephants in the room” at COP21, and there is now a real danger they will escape yet(...)

Sailor killed as Libyan forces shell Turkish ship
- Europe
- May 11, 2015, 14:53
Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognised government said on Monday that they shelled a Turkish ship off the Libyan coast after it was warned(...)

Not everyone on board yet to clean up shipping
- Business
- July 21, 2014, 01:15
Shipping is one of the silent global polluters. Emissions from ships and boats amount to a billion tonnes or 3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emiss(...)