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2010 Irish Lights Calendar
October 19 2009
The 2010 Irish Lights calendar is now available. This calendar features photographs commemorating the various branches of the Lighthouse Service over the past 200 years.

Draft Marine AtoN Strategy - 2025 and Beyond
October 14 2009
2025 and Beyond is the United Kingdom and Ireland's marine aids to navigation (AtoN) strategy.

It has been prepared by the General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of Trinity House, Northern Lighthouse Board and Irish Lights for their users, partners and stakeholders.

New Mizen Bridge!
October 02 2009
Welcome boost for Mizen Head Tourism!

A contract for the construction of a new bridge to the Mizen Head Lighthouse has been signed and work will start right away with the new bridge ready for next summer's tourist season.

Minister Dempsey announces that the Light Dues rate from 1st August 2009 to 31st March 2010, has been increased from 52 to 57 cents
August 06 2009
Minister Dempsey announces that the Light Dues rate from 1st August 2009 to 31st March 2010, has been increased from 52 to 57 cents per ton and the maximum number of voyages to be levied has been increased from 7 to 9 in any one year. The tonnage cap remains at 35,000 NRT. Please click here to see SI 297 of 2009 - MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIGHT DUES) ORDER 2009

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BEAM Magazine No. 36
The Journal of the Irish Lighthouse Service. Volume 36. 2007-2008.
 The Journal of the Irish Lighthouse Service.
Volume 36. 2007-2008.

You can view this volume using the following PDF document:

Beam Vol No. 36
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  • About the Commissioners of Irish Lights
  • Alec Cooke, Baron Cooke of Islandreagh — an appreciation
    • by Michael Maclaran
  • An Island between Heaven and Earth
    • by Sheena Jolley
  • Appointments, Promotions, Retirements, Resignations, Deaths
  • Are we there yet?
    • by Seamus Doyle
  • Board meets in Dublin’s Mansion House
  • Book review - Tory Island surveyed
    • Reviewed by Desmond O’Brien
  • eLoran — back to the future
    • by Colin Day
  • Final phases of development at Dun Laoghaire
    • by Eoghan Lehane
  • Finance and Performance
  • From Gods through Dogs and back again
    • by Captain Robert McCabe
  • KISH CRANE REMOVED AFTER 42 YEARS IN SERVICE
  • Letter from the Chief Executive
    • LAST YEAR I imagined that I would be writing this year’s letter in my new office in Dun Laoghaire; however, despite all the best efforts of our design team, our building contractors, and our own project management team, the completion of the new premises has been delayed and the plan now is to move into our new landmark building on 28 January 2008.
  • Letters To the Editors
  • Memorial Garden Service at Kilmore Quay
  • New Comissioners
  • New ships, new buoys, new systems
    • by Captain Kieran O'Higgins
  • News from Mutton Island
    • by Bill Scanlan
  • Postscript on Postcards
    • by John Eagle
  • The Calf Rock Disaster
  • Wexford Lightshipmen Honoured
    • In Beam volume 35 we published Jim Blaney’s article about the sinking of the SOUTH ARKLOW Lightvessel by UC-65.

    Here we reproduce a contemporary report from the Wexford Free Press discovered by Liam Dodd in the National Library of Ireland
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