Waterways Ireland advises masters of vessels and waterway users on the Shannon Navigation that jetty upgrade works at Coosan Point on Lough Ree are under way as of Tuesday 25 October.

Originally set to continue to next Wednesday 2 November, the works were completed ahead of schedule on Friday 28 October.

The jetty lights that were turned off to facilitate these works have now operating again, the cross-border body for Ireland’s inland waterways confirmed.

Elsewhere, re-decking of the floating jetties in Dromineer on Lough Derg will commence on Tuesday 1 November.

Security fencing will be erected around the front of the gangway to restrict access onto the floating jetties for the duration of the works, which are expected to take around six weeks to complete.

This story was updated on Friday 28 October to note the early completion of works at Coosan Point.

Waterways Ireland advises all masters of vessels and users on the Shannon Navigation that the Coosan Point jetties on Lough Ree will be closed from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 October for improvement works.

#ROWING:In one of the closest races of a long day, Castleconnell beat Commercial by one foot in the men’s junior 18A quadruple sculls at Athlone Regatta at Coosan Point. Becky Quinn of Three Castles won the women’s senior single sculls and Patrick Munnelly of the host club won the men’s junior 18 single sculls.  Bann won the women’s junior 18 eight. In the men’s junior 16 eight, St Joseph’s beat Portora. The senior events were not well supported.

 

Event Name	Crew name	Race Position
Mens Senior 2-	Neptune	Row over
	Shannon	Row over
Mens Senior 1X	Athlone, Munnelly, P	Did not start
	Garda, Kelly, D	Did not start
	Neptune, Bailey, M	Did not start
Mens Intermediate 8+	Cork	Row over (private race)
Mens Intermediate 4+	Cork	Row over (private race)
	UCDBC A	Did not start (private race)
	UCDBC B	Did not start (private race)
Mens Intermediate 2-	Neptune	1st
	Shannon	2nd
	Commercial	3rd
Mens Intermediate 2X	Garda	1st
	Shandon	2nd
	Lee	3rd
	Commercial	Competed
	Sligo	Competed
	QUBBC A	Did not start
	QUBBC B	Did not start
Mens Intermediate 1X	Shandon, Merz, C	1st
	Lee, O'Sullivan, D	2nd
	Commercial, Healy, J	3rd
	Athlone, Munnelly, P	Competed
	Garda, Allen, R	Competed
	Lee, Hill, R	Competed
	Offaly, Gannon, A	Did not start
Mens Club 2 8+	Shandon	Row over (private race)
	UCDBC	Did not start (private race)
Mens Club 2 4X+	Carlow	1st
	Athlone	2nd
	Commercial	3rd
Mens Club 2 1X	Cappoquin, Aherne, S	1st
	Clonmel, Lynch, D	2nd
	Carrick, Earley, T	3rd
	Castleconn, Mozdzer, A	4th
	Athlone, Maloney, M	Competed
	Commercial, Healy, J	Competed
	Commercial, Henry, T	Competed
	Commercial, McMorrough, P	Competed
	Lee, Fitzgerald, R	Competed
	Lee, Sutton, H	Did not start
	Offaly, Hogan, S	Did not start
	QUBBC, Lopez, D	Did not start
	QUBBC, Martin, P	Did not start
Mens Novice 4X+	Neptune	Row over (private race)
	QUBBC	Did not start (private race)
Mens Masters 8+	Commercial / Neptune / Belfast BC / Galway / LEBC (d 436)	1st
	OCBC (e 459)	2nd
	Bann (d 404)	3rd
	Neptune (d 413)	4th
Mens Masters 4+	Galway (d 203)	1st
	Neptune (e 223)	2nd
	Shandon (c 174)	2nd
	Bann A (c 184)	3rd
	Bann B (e 220)	Competed
	OCBC (e 220)	Competed
Mens Masters 1X	Athlone, Gallen, P (f)	Competed
	C of Derry, D'Urso, G (e)	Competed
	Commercial, Crowley, D (d)	Competed
	Commercial, Heavey, M (e)	Competed
	Galway, Heaney, S (d)	Competed
	Offaly, Hogan, S (a)	Competed
	Shandon, Diffley, R (a)	Competed
	Shandon, O'Flynn, B (b)	Competed
	SMRC, McDonnell, S (b)	Competed
Mens J18A 8+	SMRC	Row over (private race)
Mens J18A 4+	Bann	1st
	Athlunkard	2nd
	Cork	Competed
	Pres Cork	Competed
	SMRC A	Competed
	SMRC B	Competed
Mens J18A 4X-	Castleconn	1st
	Commercial	2nd
	Lee	3rd
	Bann	4th
	Pres Cork	Competed
Mens J18A 2-	Bann	1st
	Athlunkard A	2nd
	Athlunkard B	Competed
Mens J18A 2X	Shandon	1st
	Castleconn A	2nd
	Lee B	3rd
	Bann	Competed
	Cappoquin	Competed
	Castleconn B	Competed
	Clonmel	Competed
	Commercial	Competed
	Neptune	Competed
	Pres Cork A	Competed
	Pres Cork B	Competed
	Sligo	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
	Lee A	Did not start
Mens J18A 1X	Athlone, Munnelly, P	1st
	Bann, Mitchell, D	2nd
	Athlone, Hannon, B	Competed
	Carlow, Byrne, S	Competed
	Carlow, Kelly, C	Competed
	Castleconn, McKeon, M	Competed
	Castleconn, Silke, P	Competed
	Clonmel, Lonergan, S	Competed
	Commercial, Baskerville, R	Competed
	Commercial, Beggan, N	Competed
	KHBC, Little, O	Competed
	Lee, Deasy, H	Competed
	Lee, Larkin, D	Competed
	Neptune, Newcombe, L	Competed
	Neptune, Thompson, H	Competed
	Sligo, Hough, C	Competed
	Sligo, Smith, B	Competed
	Carrick, Earley, T	Did not start
Mens J18B 4X+	Athlone	1st
	Pres Cork	2nd
	SMRC	3rd
Mens J16 8+	St Josephs	1st
	Portora	2nd
	SMRC A	3rd
	SMRC B	Competed
Mens J16 4X+	Cork	1st
	3 Castles	2nd
	Pres Cork	3rd
	Athlone	Competed
	Carlow A	Competed
	Carlow B	Competed
	Commercial	Competed
	Neptune	Competed
	Portora	Competed
	SMRC A	Competed
	SMRC B	Competed
	SMRC C	Competed
Mens J16 2X	3 Castles B	1st
	3 Castles A	2nd
	Athlone	Competed
	Carlow A	Competed
	Carlow B	Competed
	Carlow C	Competed
	Carlow D	Competed
	Commercial A	Competed
	Commercial B	Competed
	Cork	Competed
	Lee	Competed
	Neptune	Competed
	Offaly A	Competed
	Offaly B	Competed
	Pres Cork A	Competed
	Pres Cork B	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
	Shandon A	Did not start
	Shandon B	Did not start
	Shandon C	Did not start
	St Josephs	Did not start
Mens J16 1X	Carlow, O'Brien, R	1st
	Lee, Jackson, P	2nd
	Lee, Murphy, T	3rd
	Athlone, Byrne, M	Competed
	Cappoquin, Ballegaard, J	Competed
	Carlow, Duggan, R	Competed
	Carlow, Dunne, A	Competed
	Castleconn, Meehan, D	Competed
	Commercial, Field, O	Competed
	Commercial, Meehan, E	Competed
	Commercial, O Toole, O	Competed
	Commercial, O'Neill, J	Competed
	Offaly, Cumming, B	Competed
	3 Castles, Irwin, A	Competed
Mens J15 8+	Portora	1st
	Pres Cork	2nd
Mens J15 4X+	Shandon	1st
	Commercial	2nd
	Neptune	3rd
	Carlow	Competed
	Galway	Competed
	Portora	Competed
	Pres Cork A	Competed
	Pres Cork B	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
	Cappoquin	Did not start
	St Josephs A	Did not start
	St Josephs B	Did not start
Mens J15 2X	Shandon A	1st
	Shandon B	2nd
	Commercial	3rd
	Athlone	Competed
	Carlow	Competed
	Neptune	Competed
	Portora	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
Mens J15 1X	Carlow, Kelly, C	Competed
	Carlow, Mead, H	Competed
	Commercial, Holton, A	Competed
	Commercial, Lynch, C	Competed
	CRCC, Allison, M	Competed
	Lee, Murphy, T	Competed
	Offaly, Brennan, C	Competed
	Offaly, Cumming, O	Competed
	Portora, Blake, R	Competed
	Portora, Kennedy, J	Competed
	Portora, McBrien, M	Competed
	Portora, McCutcheon, A	Competed
	Shandon, Arrigan, J	Competed
	Shandon, Byrne, A	Competed
	Shandon, Gaffney, E	Competed
	Shandon, O'Neill, S	Competed
	Shandon, Ronayne, W	Competed
	SMRC, O'Byrne, D	Competed
	SMRC, Spelman, R	Competed
	Carlow, Keating, J	Did not start
Mens J14 4X+	St Josephs A	1st
	Shandon	2nd
	Portora	3rd
	CRCC	4th
	St Josephs B	Did not start
	St Josephs C	Did not start
Mens J14 2X	Shandon B	1st
	3 Castles	2nd
	Shandon A	3rd
	Bann	Competed
	Cappoquin	Competed
	Carlow	Competed
	CRCC	Competed
	St Josephs	Did not start
Mens J14 1X	Bann, Clark, T	Competed
	Carlow, Slattery, H	Competed
	CRCC, O Muirnin, T	Competed
	Portora, Balcombe, S	Competed
	Portora, Bell, A	Competed
	Portora, Stewart, C	Competed
	Portora, Stewart, M	Competed
	Shandon, Cosgrave, D	Competed
	Shandon, Leggett, J	Competed
	3 Castles, Flynn, L	Competed
	3 Castles, Keogh, A	Competed
	St Josephs, Bradley, B	Did not start
	St Josephs, Daly, A	Did not start
	St Josephs, Harry, H	Did not start
Womens Senior 1X	3 Castles, Quinn, B	1st
	Garda, Gannon, L	2nd
	SMRC, O'Sullivan, A	3rd
	Commercial, Edwards, C	Competed
Womens Intermediate 4+	Bann	1st
	Garda	2nd
	Commercial	Competed
Womens Intermediate 2X	Garda	1st
	SMRC	2nd
	Castleconn	3rd
	Carlow	Competed
	Commercial	Competed
Womens Club 2 8+	Neptune	Row over (private race)
	Commercial	Did not start (private race)
Womens Club 2 4X+	Commercial	1st
	Cappoquin	2nd
Womens Club 2 1X	Lee, Keane, F	1st
	Lee, Row-Ham, C	2nd
	Garda, Moore, M	3rd
	Lee, Brozio, M	Competed
	Lee, Murphy, C	Competed
	3 Castles, Greve O' Meara, J	Competed
	Garda, Galvin, L	Did not start
Womens Novice 4X+	NUIG	1st
	Castleconn	2nd
	Sligo	3rd
Womens J18A 8+	Bann	1st
	SMRC	2nd
	Portora	3rd
Womens J18A 4-	Bann	1st
	SMRC	2nd
Womens J18A 4X-	Lee	1st
	Bann	2nd
	Carlow	3rd
	Cork	Competed
Womens J18A 2-	Cork	1st
	Lee	2nd
Womens J18A 2X	Lee A	1st
	Neptune	2nd
	Lee B	3rd
	Cork A	Competed
	Cork B	Competed
	Offaly	Competed
Womens J18A 1X	Offaly, Mooney, A	1st
	SMRC, Murphy, S	2nd
	Neptune, Feerick, C	3rd
	Cappoquin, Murphy, L	Competed
	Lee, Brozio, M	Competed
	Lee, Cummins, E	Competed
	Lee, Keane, F	Competed
	Lee, McMcguire, C	Competed
	Lee, Murphy, C	Competed
	Lee, Row-Ham, C	Competed
	Shandon, Keeley, F	Competed
	Shandon, Power, F	Competed
	Athlone, Faller, U	Did not start
	Athlone, Lemass, C	Did not start
	Carrick, Duggan, T	Did not start
	Neptune, Byrne, A	Did not start
	Offaly, Murphy, A	Did not start
Womens J18B 4X+	Carlow	1st
	Cork	2nd
	Athlone	Competed
	Neptune	Competed
Womens J16 8+	Commercial	1st
	Portora	2nd
	Shandon	3rd
Womens J16 4X+	Commercial	1st
	Carlow	2nd
	Cork	3rd
	Athlone A	Competed
	Athlone B	Competed
	Shandon A	Competed
	Shandon B	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
Womens J16 2X	Cork	1st
	SMRC A	2nd
	Carlow	3rd
	Athlone A	Competed
	Athlone B	Competed
	Cappoquin	Competed
	Sligo	Competed
	SMRC B	Competed
Womens J16 1X	Castleconn, Hogan, N	1st
	Carrick, Duggan, T	2nd
	Carlow, Webster, C	3rd
	Cork, Dupuis, H	Competed
	Cork, Mackey, J	Competed
	Cork, Mallen, V	Competed
	Cork, McCarthy, C	Competed
	Cork, Murphy, S	Competed
	Offaly, McKeagney, E	Competed
Womens J15 8+	Portora	Row over (private race)
Womens J15 4X+	Cork A	1st
	Carlow	3rd
	Shandon	3rd
	Athlone	Competed
	Cork B	Competed
	Galway	Competed
	Portora	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
Womens J15 2X	Cork A	1st
	Cork B	2nd
	Athlone	Competed
	Galway	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
Womens J15 1X	Shandon, Crowley, J	1st
	Commercial, McCannon, S	2nd
	SMRC, McMahon Lowe, C	3rd
	Commercial, O Toole, D	Competed
	Shandon, Dineen, M	Competed
	Shandon, Harrington, J	Competed
Womens J14 4X+	Bann	1st
	Carlow	2nd
	Athlone	3rd
	Portora	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
Womens J14 2X	Cork	1st
	Athlone A	2nd
	Athlone B	Competed
	CRCC	Competed
	Offaly	Competed
	SMRC	Competed
Womens J14 1X	Athlone, Cooke, L	Competed
	Athlone, Donovan, H	Competed
	Commercial, McCannon, S	Competed
	Commercial, O Toole, D	Competed
	Cork, Duggan, J	Competed
	Cork, O'Sullivan, C	Competed
	CRCC, Comber, H	Competed
	CRCC, Hartigan, E	Competed
	Offaly, Murphy, A	Competed
	Portora, Conway, R	Competed
	Portora, Hutton, D	Competed
	Portora, Mackin, M	Competed
	Portora, Wilson, V	Competed
	SMRC, Prendergast, G	Did not start

People are being advised to mind their pets on South Lough Ree as a toxic algae is present in the water of this inland waterway. Westmeath Co Co is putting up warning signs in the area after a recent occurrence of a toxic algae bloom poisoned a dog.
Westmeath County Council is warning people about the dangers of the algae for animals which forms during spells of dry weather with little or no wind.
Cllr Kevin 'Boxer' Moran told the Westmeath Independent that the dog's owner approached both himself and the council to alert them to the danger and said it was a tragic thing to happen any pet lover. The man had also been swimming, but was not affected by the algae.