Ireland’s Vast & Diverse Marine Resource

Blue OceanActivities in IrelandSensors & CommunicationsInternational OperationsTransport & LogisticsEnergy ManagementArtificial IntelligenceDefence & SecurityRenewable EnergyVideo & ImagingData AnalyticsBoat BuildingShip LeasingRoboticsOil & GasR&DIoT

Rockall Trough

Rockall Bank

Rockall PlateauEdoras Bank

Feni Ridge

Porcupine Bank

Ireland’s seabed territory is one of the largest in Europe and more than 10 times Ireland’s land mass.

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Porcupine Seabight

Goban Spur

Celtic Shelf

Shamrock Canyon

Did you knowIreland has up to 220 million acres of seabed territory, strategically situated on the Atlantic Seaboard.

At over 6,400km, the Irish Coastline is the 8th longest in the EU.

Ireland has a national integrated marine plan promoting cross-agency collaboration “Harnessing our Ocean’s Wealth”.

‘Marine Ireland’ is the national brand for marine activities.

Sea-based transport accounted for 85% of the total volume of Irish traded goods in 2016.

In 2016 Ireland’s Emerging Marine and Marine Technology industries had a combined estimated turnover of €523 million.

Ireland’s marine cluster has regional centres of expertise including; Marine Institute & IMDO, Lir Ocean Test Facility, Smartbay, Bellmullet Wave Energy Test Site.

Academic Research and CollaborationTyndall - Microelectronics and MEM’s (Microelectromechanical systems).

Insight - Largest publicly funded Data Analytics R&D centre in Europe.

Nimbus - Ireland’s largest IoT research centre.

Smartbay - Testing and validation of novel sensors and equipment.

TSSG - Telecommunications and systems software.

Marine Institute - National agency responsible for implementation of marine

research, technology, innovation policy and marine research services.

MaREI - Marine and energy-based research, development and innovation hub.

Lir - National Ocean test facility.

Why Ireland for Blue Ocean

National test facilities are available along the Western Coast (TRL 1-9).

IMD ranks Ireland 6th in the world for overall competitiveness.

Fastest growing economy in Eurozone for past three years (2014-2016).

Forbes ranks Ireland the 4th best country in the World to do business.

Ireland has 9 of the top 10 global software companies

& 7 of the top 10 industrial automation companies.

12.5% Corporate Tax rate, 25% R&D Tax Credit

& 6.25% Knowledge Development Box.

In 2015 IDA clients across sectors spent €1.5bn

on in-house R&D annually and employ 14,000 R&D staff.Selection of Ireland’s Marine Clients