Laura Brien doesn’t relish having her picture taken but lights up during the photography session when I attempt to distract her and hit upon the topic of sailing.  It’s fitting that Brien loves to sail, and does so weekly out of a club in Dún Laoghaire, as she is the founding CEO of Mara – the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority – one of the key State players in developments at sea. She is also under pressure. Since July 2023, when Mara was founded and Brien took on the job, it’s been faced with very high expectations and urgency she says,…

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