A Clare woman has been elected as the first ever President of a representative association for Mariners.
Sea Captain Sinéan Reen, who lives in Crosshaven, Co. Cork but is originally from Clare and attended secondary school in Shannon, was the first woman to qualify as a deck officer in Ireland.
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She's now been elected president of the Irish Institute of Master Mariners, and says she is looking to address a number of issues, including substandard seas, pollution issues and piracy.
