Irish Marine Institute - National Agency undertaking to co-ordinate, promote and assist in marine research and development.

National University of Ireland, Galway - Martin Ryan Marine Science Institute (MRI).

University College Cork - Coastal Zone Institute

Sherkin Island Marine Station - Sherkin Island is situated one-and-a-quarter miles off the south-west coast of Ireland, off-shore from the fishing village of Baltimore. The Marine Station is located on the north-west end of the island on 16 acres. The Station originated in 1975 from a small laboratory of 140 sq. ft. to a now large complex of 5 laboratories, aquarium, Natural History Museum and a library of some 100,000 books, journals, reports, reprints, together with an herbarium of plants and seaweeds.

Marine Microbiology Group, National University of Ireland, Galway. - The Marine Microbiology Group of NUI, Galway study microorganisms from a range of aquatic environments including coastal waters, shelf waters and the deep sea.