Internal Collaboration. Dr. Ron�n Long�has collaborated with Dr. Anthony Grehan, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, on several successful European and national research projects concerning different aspects of marine environmental regulation and management. He is a former member of the Irish Coral Task Force�and worked on the designation of Europe�s first special areas of conservation in the Exclusive Economic Zone. He is also on the management board of SEMRU in the School of Economics, and has an affiliation with Professor Colin Brown at the Ryan Institute.��His�overall contribution to the implementation of the PRTLI Cycle III marine research programme in the Ryan Institute (2002-2006)�was rated as �an outstanding success story� by an external peer-review panel appointed by the Higher Education Authority in 2006.������