Tom MacSweeney's Seascapes
Episodes
It feels like Ireland’s coastal areas are being turned into a theme park
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Barnes has been operating Woodcock Smokery at Castletownshend in West Cork for fifty years, the traditional art of smoking wild fish. On th...
The Aquaculture Licencing Scandal
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s Podcast reports on the major problem affecting development of Ireland’s aquaculture sector – delays in licencing which have been go...
The EU is no friend of the Irish fishing industry
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This and other stories – from the amazing smallest seabird which travelled 300,000 kms and has a connection to St.Peter to the enthusiastic Rosslare...
Passion for the Oyster Heroes
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oysters are heroes, says the lady who has grown them for 35 years in Dungarvan Harbour - Cliona Mhic Giolla Chuda General Manager and co-Founder of Wa...
Ports and Pilots are Essential to Ireland’s Economy
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s SEASCAPES Podcast highlights the work of marine pilots, who guide ships safely into and from our ports, carrying over 90 per cent of th...
Will Inshore Fishermen Survive?
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Inshore fishermen, fishing from small boats, are a core of coastal communities, but face huge challenges. Will they survive? Also on the Podcast – O...
The Love of a Folkboat
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the September edition – a sailor spends ten years restoring a Folkboat, then sells it; the RNLI needs Volunteers and Ireland has 750,000 seabird ...
Searching for Songs of the Sea
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this month's edition - Has the Government Got the Backbone to Fight for Irish Fishing? That is a tough question, but it is asked on this month...
From Amsterdam to Cork Harbour to run a marina for 40 years.
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ship’s engineer who first arrived in Cork with the Dutch Smit Tak company for the development of the Kinsale Head Gas Field and stayed to run a ...
Where family heritage meets daily life
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s podcast features two families, one from Cork which has invested in a multi-million Euro seafood centre and another whose members have g...
Ireland's Marine Sector Must Be Cherished
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland's maritime sector must be made to benefit all the people of the nation, says the Chairman of the first Oireachtas Committee set up specificall...
There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment…..” Those aren’t my words – they were spoken to me by Minister o...
Once Navy – Always Navy
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering a submarine explosion 105 years ago.Also on this edition – Fish Farming will be a vital supplier of food to future generations … Are w...
The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen.” “The way the Irish fishing industry is treated about Bluefin Tuna is insane,” says Jo...
Alone around the World
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney,the Polish solo sailor who is Ireland’s only representative i...