The Latest Breaking News from Irish Sea

Take two as rowing crew head back to the start line for epic challenge

The ROW4MND crew are now attempting to reach John O’Groats via the east coast of the UK rather than the Irish Sea due to the weather

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

How we found a long-lost first world war vessel beneath Irish waters

HMS Stephen Furness was steaming through the northern Irish Sea on the afternoon of December 13 1917, en route to Liverpool for repairs. The crew maintained a cautious course, altering direction every ten minutes and travelling at a steady 13 knots – fully aware of the lurking threat from German…

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2024

‘DUP took us for fools’: few in North Antrim mourn fall of House of Paisley

Ian Paisley Jr blamed for loss of Northern Irish seat held by his family for more than 50 years at the general election

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024

The Earth's Corr: NI Marine Plan still not finished over 10 years on

As Al Gore says this decade is vital in the fight to save nature and reduce climate impacts

Belfast Live · Jun 11, 2023

Primrose-fringed lanes, orchids and cake: readers’ favourite UK spring walks

From the wild Irish Sea coast of Bangor to the crocus fields of Berkshire, our tipsters experience the joy of the spring awakening. Scroll down for the winning tip

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Revamped Brexit deal ‘keeps reality of Irish Sea border’, warns Dodds

Rishi Sunak sealed a deal with the EU on Monday (February 27) that ended dispute over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol

Wales Online · Mar 2, 2023

Your Brexit questions answered as Rishi Sunak signs new Northern Ireland deal

Alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Rishi Sunak unveiled his solution to the bitter trade impasse in Northern Ireland sparked by Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with Brussels

Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023

Whatever your Brexit view, Sunak brokered better Northern Ireland deal than Johnson

Sunak negotiating in good faith promises results beyond the bad faith of Johnson, sweeping away many red tape barriers down an Irish Sea border agreed by the ex-PM

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023

Anti-Protocol posters call for an end to Irish Sea border and warn 'nothing less will do'

It comes as speculation mounts that a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol may be announced in the coming days.

Belfast Live · Feb 26, 2023

Welsh island announced as first dark sky sanctuary in Europe

The closest major light pollution to the island comes from Dublin, which is over 70 miles across the Irish Sea

Wales Online · Feb 23, 2023