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Pint of Science Ireland 2026, Maharees
 Pint of Science Ireland 2026, Maharees 1024 585 PHAROS Project
Five short presentations were delivered across the ninety-minute programme, each pitched for a general audience and followed by informal Q&A. The programme intentionally balanced technical bioeconomy research with grounded community science, closing with a reflection on the Maharees itself: read more
Launch of the Ireland Living Lab
 Launch of the Ireland Living Lab 1024 461 PHAROS Project

The PHAROS Ireland Living Lab was officially launched on the Maharees Peninsula in County Kerry on Tuesday 26 May 2026, as the opening-day highlight of the PHAROS Ireland Mega Event. The launch brought research, policy and community stakeholders together on…

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Waste to Worth: How Marine Plastics Are Being Transformed into Inclusion and Value at MTU
 Waste to Worth: How Marine Plastics Are Being Transformed into Inclusion and Value at MTU 1024 707 PHAROS Project
The Waste to Worth workshop, a 90-minute session held as part of the PHAROS project’s Ireland Mega Event at the end of May, showcased stories about carefully sorting shredded fishing nets, engineering students tweaking 3D printers, and charity workers explaining how a discarded rope pulled from the Atlantic could become a keyring in someone’s pocket. read more
PHAROS shares nature-based restoration work at North Sea Advisory Council meeting
 PHAROS shares nature-based restoration work at North Sea Advisory Council meeting 1024 400 PHAROS Project
PHAROS presented its nature-based solutions at the NSAC Ecosystem Working Group meeting. read more
PHAROS Future- Blue Skills session report: Ireland’s Blue Economy
 PHAROS Future- Blue Skills session report: Ireland’s Blue Economy 1024 423 PHAROS Project
Blue Skills session at MTU brought together researchers, industry and innovators to ask who will crew Ireland’s growing blue economy and what skills they will need. Talks covered fisheries, seaweed and coastal tourism. read more
Blue Schools workshop held at MTU Kerry as part of PHAROS Irish Living Lab event 
 Blue Schools workshop held at MTU Kerry as part of PHAROS Irish Living Lab event  1024 771 PHAROS Project
The first Blue Schools Workshop at MTU Kerry brought nearly thirty teachers together to explore ocean literacy and the EU Blue Schools network. A Kerry school won a Young Environmentalist Award. Only seventeen Irish schools are certified. read more
Irish Living Lab Day 3: Bantry Marine Research Station
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Can farmed seaweed, placed 200 metres from a salmon farm, restore habitats? PHAROS data from Bantry Bay shows more biodiversity at the IMTA site, but more kelp at the control site. Winged and sugar kelp were grown near the salmon farm. read more
Ireland Living Lab Day 2: Blue Economy Innovation & Skills Forum gets under way at MTU Tralee
 Ireland Living Lab Day 2: Blue Economy Innovation & Skills Forum gets under way at MTU Tralee 1024 423 PHAROS Project
The Blue Economy Innovation and Skills Forum at MTU explored Ireland’s ocean industries and the talent needed to power them. Wayne Murphy gave a global view on aquaculture and blue innovation that covers fisheries, seaweed, coastal tourism. read more
PHAROS Irish Living Lab Day 1: Ireland Charts Course for 30×30: Marine Protected Areas Take Centre Stage at MTU, Kerry
 PHAROS Irish Living Lab Day 1: Ireland Charts Course for 30×30: Marine Protected Areas Take Centre Stage at MTU, Kerry 1024 707 PHAROS Project
Over 60 marine scientists, policymakers, and coastal stakeholders convened in person and online at Munster Technological University’s new STEM building for the first session of the PHAROS Irish Living Lab Event, focused on effective management of marine protected areas (MPAs). read more
Diving Into the PHAROS Future: Virtual Reality at European Maritime Days in Limassol
 Diving Into the PHAROS Future: Virtual Reality at European Maritime Days in Limassol 1024 729 PHAROS Project

Among the hundreds of delegates, policymakers, and ocean scientists who gathered for the European Commission’s flagship maritime gathering “European Maritime Days” stood Sal Music, Head of Communications at ICoRSA, representing the PHAROS project, and brought something the conference hadn’t quite…

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