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Minister of State James Lawless TD has today (September 26th) launched the Dublin Port Tolka Estuary Greenway, a new shared cycling and pedestrian route which joins EastPoint Business Park to the Ferry Terminals and runs along the perimeter of northern…

The Matt Talbot Bridge in Dublin provided a useful border-marker in last Saturday (September 7th's) good weather. The 104th Liffey Swim was coming down-river to finish off the Customs House, while Commodore John Murphy's Cruising Association of Ireland's annual Three…

A row has emerged over the hosting of the historic Liffey Swim, with two separate events scheduled for this month. According to RTÉ News, Leinster Open Sea have accused Swim Ireland, the sport’s national governing body, of trying to take…

The project to restore a 40-year-old West Clare currach was completed with the launch of the finished boat 'Spleodar' (Spleodar means Joy, excitement in Irish) on the River Liffey in Dublin this weekend. Working with the Mens Shed in Mountjoy…

Dublin City Council has appealed to members of the public not to remove ring buoys from their location beside rivers and canals. “Alarmingly, over 30 ring buoys were recently stolen or went missing in one month alone,”it says. “These life-saving…

If Dublin Bay sailors spot some unusual movement on the Poolbeg chimneys in the next few weeks, it’s all for the love of aesthetics and maintenance. The ESB says that painting of the upper 100m of both chimneys is due…

Dublin Port Company (DPC) is submitting a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for a 15-year permission for its 3FM Project, the third and final project from Dublin Port’s Masterplan 2040 at an estimated cost of €1.1 billion (2024 prices).…

For sailing folk in Dublin Bay, coastal rowing and racing with skiffs in their many forms seem a world unto itself. As too does the Tolka Estuary, that mysterious waterway in the North City that makes it way southeast to…

BirdWatch Ireland is seeking citizen scientists for records of raptors and river birds in Dublin City this summer. The Dublin City Raptor Survey is seeking records of Peregrine Falcon, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, Long-eared Owl and Barn Owl, while the Dublin…

So many boat events are scheduled in Ireland for this weekend that the powers-that-be should maybe take notice, and make it into the Bank Holiday that everyone seems to think it is. The official one at the beginning of May…

Up to 30 yachts and motorboats joined the annual Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club parade of sailing down the River Liffey and out into Dublin Bay on Sunday afternoon, a tribute to deceased members of the Dublin City club. The…

Dublin Port Company (DPC) has today announced an update on its 3FM Project. The changes proposed are a direct result of an extensive consultation process and a consideration of alternative options – a key requirement of the planning process. The…

Dublin Port Company (DPC) has mapped its rich natural, industrial, and cultural heritage in a new Conservation Strategy, which Minister of State Malcolm Noonan, TD, launched today. The ambitious document maps Dublin Port's layers, including findings on the floor of…

Logboats and craft dating from 2,500 BC to the 11th century on Galway’s Corrib is the theme of a lecture by State archaeologist Karl Brady to the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers' Association later this month. Brady is a senior archaeologist…

Dublin’s Tom Clarke bridge was lifted for an RNLI lifeboat on Monday morning – but it wasn’t in response to a tasking. The Dun Laoghaire Harbour lifeboat steamed up the Liffey and berthed on North Wall Quay to mark the…

Shorelines, a vibrant new exhibition chronicling the varied seascapes of Dublin, will come to The Substation at Dublin Port, courtesy of the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club (DPSC) and Dublin Port Company (DPC). The exhibition will contain brand-new works from…