David O'Brien

Pipeline Protest — Independent TD Mattie McGrath has objected to Uisce Éireann’s proposed Shannon water pipeline, warning it could bring ‘significant and lasting impacts’ for communities in the Shannon catchment.

Independent TD Mattie McGrath Among Objectors To Uisce Éireann Shannon Pipeline Project

9th March 2026 Inland Waterways

Independent TD Mattie McGrath is among objectors to Uisce Éireann’s plan to extract water from the river Shannon for Dublin and the greater eastern area. As The Sunday Independent reports, the Tipperary TD is among a number of individual and…

Dun Laoghaire's 250 acre harbour - a forthcoming report aims to set a new course for the 200-year-old structure. Now that it has taken control of the harbour, Council efforts are being made to regenerate one of the largest man-made harbours in the world

Is the Tide Rising at Dun Laoghaire Harbour?

11th December 2020 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News

After years of neglect, the tide may finally be turning in favour of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCoCo) has commissioned a new €100k report into the 200-year-old harbour, asking economic consultants Indecon to provide a blueprint…

Dun Laoghaire Harbour – The massive ‘asylum harbour’ as it was originally known, when construction started 200 years ago, is located 11.2 kilometres southeast of Dublin on the southern shore of Dublin bay. It has an enclosed water area of approximately 215 acres. Its two breakwaters, known as the East Pier and West Pier are 1,290 metres and 1,548 metres in length respectively. This 2007 photograph by the late aerial photographer Peter Barrow shows the now gone Stena Car Ferry on its berth. Four yacht clubs are situated across the harbour water front from East to West. Within its walls, there's also a sailing school, a wharf for trawlers at the inner coal harbour, a Commissioner of Irish Lights depot, a boatyard and an RNLI lifeboat station. Built in 2001, the town marina, in the middle harbour, can berth up to 800 boats

Without a Harbour Czar, Dun Laoghaire’s All at Sea

14th November 2017 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News

Other cities are developing their waterways in imaginative ways but Dublin still can’t get it right writes David O'Brien. Take the DART out to Dun Laoghaire today and on arrival at the station, the Iarnród Éireann announcer says: 'Dun Laoghaire…

Dun Laoghaire harbour – Ireland's marine leisure capital where pooling yacht club resources will be key to the future growth of the sport

Dun Laoghaire Yacht Clubs Must Put On a United Front

22nd November 2016 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News

Combining efforts and pooling resources are key to securing the future of yacht racing from Dun Laoghaire’s legacy waterfront clubs, writes David O’Brien Welcome to Dun Laoghaire, the cradle of world yacht racing. It's here that the modern rules for…