What We Do

We provide an essential maritime safety service around the coast of Ireland - not least to keep the economy moving. After all, around 95% of our imports and exports is carried on ships.

Organisation & Board

Our statutory duties remain the same, but we have transformed our organisational structure in order to deliver our new strategy effectively and economically.

Stakeholders & Services

Our main function is to provide an Aids to Navigation service, but we also offer vessel, buoy, marine consultancy, tourism, data, venue hire and even film location services!

Mission, Vision & Values

Delivering an essential public safety service, providing aids to navigation, delivering value for money and more.

Strategy and Performance

‘Safe Seas – Connected Coasts’ 2018 – 2023, broadens the focus we had in the last strategy from three Pillars to five Focus Areas of Activity. It underlines the primacy of our AtoN activity and stren ...

Coastal Marine Infrastructure

With our all-island network infrastructure, we can provide or assist in a wide range of areas - from aquaculture, data services and renewable energy to mobile comms, vessel traffic and security.

Our History

While our constitution is essentially the same as was laid down in an Act of Grattan's Parliament in 1786, we use the latest technologies and have implemented many changes over the years.

Publications

We have lots of publications to view - covering all aspects of our marine safety role, advisory and commercial services and strategy.

Light Dues

Light dues are one of our principal sources of funding and are collected from commercial ships arriving into Irish and UK ports.

Vacancies

Check out of current list of vacancies

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Safety at Sea Through War and Upheaval: Irish Lights 1911 - 1923