Mermaid Week Starts Today in Foynes

31st July 2010

Mermaid Week starts today at Foynes Yacht Club, with sailing on the Shannon Estuary. There is more than 35 boats expected from Skerries, Rush, Clontarf, Dublin Bay, Wexford, Sligo and of course a large contingent of local boats. This is the 41st Mermaid Week and the seventh visit to Foynes since the Championship was first held there in 1973This year the championship is wide open. Last year's winner Paddy Dillon from Rush, sailing No. 131 Wild Wind will have at least six boats with a realistic chance of taking the overall prize.The practice race takes place today, with the first race tomorrow. There will be live updates, photos and results as they happen at www.dublinbaymermaid.org/foynes2010. Mermaid Week starts today at Foynes Yacht Club, with sailing on the Shannon Estuary. There is more than 35 boats expected from Skerries, Rush, Clontarf, Dublin Bay, Wexford, Sligo and of course a large contingent of local boats. This is the 41st Mermaid Week and the seventh visit to Foynes since the Championship was first held there in 1973
This year the championship is wide open. Last year's winner Paddy Dillon from Rush, sailing No. 131 Wild Wind will have at least six boats with a realistic chance of taking the overall prize.
The practice race takes place today, with the first race tomorrow. There will be live updates, photos and results as they happen at www.dublinbaymermaid.org/foynes2010.

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Shannon Foynes Port Information

Shannon Foynes Port (SFPC) are investing in an unprecedented expansion at its general cargo terminal, Foynes, adding over two-thirds the size of its existing area. In the latest phase of a €64 million investment programme, SFPC is investing over €20 million in enabling works alone to convert 83 acres on the east side of the existing port into a landbank for marine-related industry, port-centric logistics and associated infrastructure. The project, which will be developed on a phased basis over the next five years, will require the biggest infrastructure works programme ever undertaken at the port, with the entire 83 acre landbank having to be raised by 4.4 metres. The programme will also require the provision of new internal roads and multiple bridge access as well as roundabout access.