Media Contact: Sinead McCoy Email:cleancoasts@eeu.antaisce.org Phone: 014002002 Portrane & Donabate Clean Coasts Group Approximately 10 million tonnes of litter end up in the world’s oceans and seas each year. (European Commission, 2013). Clean Coasts engages communities in the protection of Ireland’s beaches, seas and marine life. The programme is operated by the Environmental Education Unit [...]
Media Contact:   Sinead McCoy Email: smccoy@eeu.antaisce.org Phone:   087 1347950 Clean Coasts Symposium and  Ocean Hero Awards 2016 ‘Celebrating Ocean Heroes’ 10th Anniversary’ 1st December 2016, 2016 marks the 10th Anniversary of An Taisce’s Clean Coasts programme’s ‘Ocean Hero Awards’. The awards, originally called the ‘Clean Coasts’ Merit Awards’, were conceived in 2006 to honour the [...]
Sinead McCoy smccoy@eeu.antaisce.org 01 4002228 0871347950 Clean Coasts' Love Your Coast Photography Awards 2016 Clean Coasts’ Love Your Coast Photography Awards were held on Thursday 6thth October in Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 2. Micheal John O’Mahony, Director of the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce, presented the prizes to the winning photographers. Ireland has some [...]
Media Contact:   Olivia Crossan Email: ocrossan@eeu.antaisce.org Phone:   087 2045259 Clean Coasts - Ocean Hero Awards 2016 ‘Celebrating Ocean Heroes’ 10th Anniversary’ Thursday 29th September 2016 The call for nominations is now open for the Clean Coasts’ Ocean Hero Awards. 2016 marks the 10th Anniversary of An Taisce’s Clean Coasts programme’s ‘Ocean Hero Awards’. The awards, originally [...]
Media Contact: Sinead McCoy Telephone: 087 1347950 / 01 4002210 Email:smccoy@eeu.antaisce.org  Clean Coasts’ Big Beach Clean 2016 Join the world’s largest coastal cleanup @CleanCoasts #BigBeachClean  Clean Coasts’ Big Beach Clean is taking place on the weekend of the 16th, 17th & 18th of September all over Ireland. Clean Coasts is once again teaming up [...]
Press Release; Beach Tag Rugby / #2minuteBeachClean Event Take Care of Our Oceans in Just 2 Minutes! Look out for your local #2minutebeachclean station on a beach near you.  An Taisce Clean Coasts programme are delighted to co-host the D4 Strand Tag Blitz with TagRugby.ie, August 20th 2016. What better way to enjoy an active day [...]
National #2MinuteBeachClean Day - May 14th Releasing of our #2minutebeachclean Video starring Colm O’Regan as empowerer and motivational speaker Benicio Sandz  #cleancoasts #2minutebeachclean We have all seen the evidence of marine litter along Ireland’s coastline and now for all you beach lovers out there here’s an opportunity to do something about it in just 2 [...]
Clean Coasts Launch 7th Annual  Love Your Coast Photography Competition Clean Coasts launched their annual Love Your Coast Photography Competition today as part of Coca-Cola Clean Coasts Week and with a prize fund of €5,000 it is expected to attract huge interest from Ireland’s amateur photographers. There are five categories in this year’s competition; [...]
Media Release 03 May 2016  Coca-Cola Clean Coast Week 2016 Enjoy your beach, enjoy your beach clean! 6th – 15th May 2016 A call for new recruits to join the Island of Ireland’s Largest Coastal Clean Up Almost 3,000 volunteers took to beaches around the country during Coca-Cola Clean Coast Week 2015 to remove [...]
Media Contact:Sinead McCoy, Coastal Programmes, An Taisce Email: smccoy@eeu.antaisce.org Twitter: @CleanCoasts  Clean Coasts Symposium & Ocean Hero Awards #OceanHero An Taisce’s annual Clean Coasts Symposium & Ocean Hero Awards were held on Wednesday 18th November at The Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin. The Clean Coasts symposium was officially opened by Mr. Conall O’Connor, the Department [...]