Commissioners of Irish Lights

		Search the CIL website: 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
BEAM No. 37 BEAM No. 36 BEAM No. 35 BEAM No. 34 BEAM No. 33 BEAM No. 32 BEAM No. 31 BEAM No. 30 BEAM No. 29 BEAM No. 28 BEAM No. 27 BEAM No. 26 BEAM No. 25 BEAM No. 24	BEAM Magazine No. 24 The Journal of the Irish Lighthouse Service. Volume 24. December 1995. Recently Appointed Commissioners A Letter from the Chief Executive In line with continuing changes in the operation and management of the Irish Lighthouse Service, this year Beam itself has a new look, and its production has been assisted by the generous sponsorship of several companies. From Dubhan to Datac Tucks Tweedy writes about his association with Hook Point Lighthouse. Proposed new Hook Lighthouse Visitor Centre A potentially very exciting new tourism facility is currently being planned - the Hook Lighthouse Visitor Centre. Mew Island Reggie Hamilton portrays the Island, its Lighthouse, previous Copeland Lighthouses and the Keepers who served there. Marine Matters September Poem Engineering Works M. B. McStay, Engineer-in- Marine Aids to Navigation into the 21st Century. Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, Retirements, Deaths Marine Aids to Navigation into the 21st Century A Consultation Paper issued jointly by the General Lighthouse Authorities for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland as a basis for planning ahead in the interests of the safety of navigation Safety Award Goes to Granuaile Cadet Randal Lanigan O’Keeffe, who was a Deck Cadet on ILT Granuaile up to 2nd January 1995, was one of three cadets to win a Safety at Sea Awareness Award in a competition sponsored by NUMAST (the trade union for Merchant Navy and Airline Officers) and organised by the General Council of British Shipping. Princess Elletra Marconi visits ILT Granuaile It was the hottest day of summer when Princess Elletra, daughter of Gugliemo Marconi, alighted from Irish Helicopter’s Bolkow helicopter and boarded Granuaile, anchored in Clifden Bay. Theatre Lights A production of The Rock Station by Ger Fitzgibbon was recently staged at the UCC Granary Theatre, Cork, in October. Skulmartin Jim Blaney recounts the history of the Lightvessel station and pays tribute to its crew members. A Labour of Love by John Gore-Grimes Some years ago the former Irish Lights Motor Tender Nabro was purchased by Mr Patrick Conlan. Mr Conlan is a wood machinist by trade and runs his own timber business in Dublin. The vessel had been lying at the inner harbour on Sherkin Island off Baltimore, Co. Cork, in a very poor state of repair. After purchase Nabro was towed to Hegarty’s Boatyard at Old Court, near Skibbereen. Kish Lighthouse John Harding remembers the construction of Kish Lighthouse, 30 years ago. The Evolution of Maritime Uniform by Jim Dillon The fall of the Roman Empire left all the southern part of Europe clear for the encroachment of the Northern barbaric races. The Scandinavian Norse-men, or Vikings, were one of these and they moved into and occupied all of Northern France. The French King at that time was in no fit state to resist them. He made peace and granted them large territory, later named the Duchy of Normandy, and they became known as the Normans. And there our story begins.