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The challenge of working in some of the world's most emanding environments is what drives on a Galway doctor who has this week arrived in Antarctica where she will serve as ship's doctor on board an icebreaking ship.

Marine litter is a blight on our coastlines. What we find on our beaches is not the full extent of the marine litter though. It is estimated that 70% of marine litter is on the seabed, 15% is floating in the water column and 15% is what we find on our shores.

The Marine Institute, alongside the Explorers Education Programme, will be showcasing marine science at the 2022 Galway Science and Technology Festival this weekend. Families are invited to the Bailey Allen Hall at the University of Galway on Sunday the 13th November 2022, to learn more about Ireland’s marine research vessels and creatures of the deep sea.

There was a strange juxtaposition in Galway Port this week. The Marine Institute’s shiny new super-bád, the Tom Crean purred its way out of the harbour, ready to shimmy its way down to Kerry where it will be officially unveiled today.

While we hope that Kerry souls will be downcast after next Sunday’s All-Ireland senior football final, there was a great welcome for the memory of one famous Kerry hero this week in Galway docks.

The new Galway-based marine exploration research vessel to replace the Celtic Voyager is to be named RV Tom Crean after the Irish seaman and polar explorer in Antarctica. The new vessel is set to be completed in 2022 and be based in Galway Harbour where the port comprises a dock basin.

Theatre fans won’t be disappointed when they see the autumn line-up of shows at Roscommon Arts Centre, who have been working hard behind the scenes to come up with a re-imagined programme of brilliant professional theatre that can all be performed in line with Government guidelines.

ONE OF the most acclaimed and popular Irish theatre shows of the last 20 years, Tom Crean - Antartic Explorer, returns to the Town Hall Theatre this month.

Roscommon Arts Centre has just launched its autumn/winter programme and it certainly does not disappoint! With the new building now open, patrons can look forward to an extended programme of events that includes a host of classes in the new workshop space.