The science tv series @10Things_ToKnow is back on @RTEOne tonight, 4 November, at 8.30pm. Tonight’s episode is all about marine life and it will feature Eoin Mac Craith from Geological Survey Ireland @DeptCEE and the ObSERVE project.
International Geodiversity Day – October 06 2026
In celebrating International Geodiversity day Geological Survey Ireland are delighted to announce the publication of the Geological Heritage Kerry Audit Report. This now completes the county audit process for all of Ireland.
@GeolSurvIE publication of the geoheritage County Geological Heritage Sites (CGS) dataset for Kerry will support recognising the role of geodiversity in providing humanity with an incredible wealth of goods and services that bring benefits to society.
Minister O'Brien welcomes plans for Dublin Seismic Survey 🇮🇪
@GeolSurvIE has announced a new initiative to collect geothermal information from deep beneath Dublin city.
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Please be advised Geological Survey Ireland website will remain offline until the end of August.
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Data downloads from the GSI Website will be offline from the afternoon of Monday the 13th of July. We will post an update when they are available again. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Please note due to critical website restructuring and platform migration, data downloads from the GSI Website will be offline from the afternoon of Friday the 9th of July for approximately two days. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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Please note due to critical website restructuring and platform migration our website gsi.ie will be offline from Tuesday 14th July for approximately two weeks.
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GSI Web Mapping Viewers and Web Mapping Services will be unavailable, due to essential maintenance, from approx. 4pm today, Thursday July 2, until Monday morning, 6 July.
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After 16 years, and a low-flying aircraft travelling 440,000km across the country, Ireland has completed a detailed airborne geophysical survey.
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Geological Survey Ireland @DeptCEE June County Geosite is Bricklieves/Keshcorran, Co Sligo. An upland karst plateau of carboniferous limestones & shales.
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Geological Survey Ireland, @DeptCEE image for June is Aill Bhriste, Oileáin Árann, Contae na Gaillimhe. Located on the south coast of Inis Mór, this sea stack, known as ‘The Broken Cliff’ is comprised of Lower Carboniferous limestone. Photo by Jutta Kruse.
Please be advised the Geological Survey Ireland website gsi.ie will be offline from 08:00 to 13:00 tomorrow, Friday 22nd May for essential maintenance.
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Geological Survey Ireland @DeptCEE May County Geosite is Western Cuillagh – Shannon Pot, Co Cavan. This is a spring rising, traditionally regarded as the source of the River Shannon.
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Geological Survey Ireland @DeptCEE image for May is Newtown Head, Tramore, Co Waterford. Coastal cliffs comprising a varied range of Ordovician age rocks including shales, slatey sedimentary rocks and intrusions of andesitic and rhyolitic volcanic rocks. Photo by Ian Kavanagh