Upcoming marine events in the Galway area.

• GBSC Tuesday Dinghy Results
• O'Tuairisc Cruiser Race
• Sunday Dinghy Series

Originally from Kinvara, Mick Brogan grew up watching hookers carry turf between his home village and Connemara.

Galway Atlantaquaria is to hold science workshops during the summer months for children of all ages.

With the recent bursts of sunshine and summer fast approaching, most Making Waves readers will be thinking of taking to the water to enjoy Ireland's vast and beautiful inland waterways and canals.

€150,000 has been allocated for works on Parkmore Pier at Kinvara by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Over twenty dinghies lined up for Tuesday evening's race which started out in light airs, with race officer Miriam Croke having set out a windward-leward course, which brought dinghies out to 'the spit' and back in to the cruiser start mark.

Originally from Foynes in Co. Limerick, Ray Ward has lived in Galway since 1998, when he moved to the City of the Tribes to study science.

Galway County Council has given notice of plans to regulate the use of certain craft on inland and coastal waters in the county.

Three million containers and an estimated €135 billion worth of merchandise trade were handled at Irish ports last year, according to a report published last week by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) of the Marine Institute.