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Canoeing's Liffey Descent takes place this Saturday, 6th May. The flagship event will once again pit competitors against 35km of the river Liffey along with ten weirs and a portage around the Leixlip Dam. The new date for the event…

A new canoeing and kayaking club for Carrick-on-Suir has secured start-up funding that will allow it to set up a premises in the Co Tipperary town. As Tipperary Live reports, Carrick-on-Suir Paddlers held its first AGM on Wednesday 11 January…

Canoeing Ireland has announced that the 2023 Liffey Descent will take place on Saturday 6th, May. The new spring date follows an extensive consultation process and, say organisers, ensures the best possible water levels and weather conditions for one of the…

Alistair McCreery, a 24-year-old canoeist from East Belfast, is the sixth athlete to have been awarded a £500 bursary as part of the ongoing Hughes Insurance partnership with the Mary Peters Trust. The £5,000 bursary programme is now in its second…

Two-time Paralympian Patrick O’Leary has announced his retirement from Para Canoeing. Patrick was, for his entire career, a fantastic ambassador for the sport, including representing Para Canoe and Ireland on the ICF Athletes Committee. Having had a series of top…

“Extremely low” water levels have prompted the cancellation of this month’s Liffey Descent canoe and kayak race. In a statement, organisers said that there is “no hope of of any relieving rainfall according to the long-range forecast” to replenish the…

The Irish canoe slalom team had one of its strongest outings of the year in the fourth round of the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Pau, France — the first race back after the World Championships at the end of…

Canoeists, kayakers and relevant organisations are again being encouraged by the Department of Transport to review Chapter 7 of the Code of Practice for the Safe Operation of Recreational Craft. This chapter gives advice to canoeing and kayaking enthusiasts on actions to…

Irish Canoe Slalom's resurgence continues with two canoeists racing in the weekend final of the World Cup in Prague. Liam Jegou and Jake Cochrane both qualified through to Sunday's top 10 final of the first World Cup race of the…

In Canoe Sprint, Ireland's Jenny Egan-Simmons got her season off to a neat perfect start winning bronze at the second World Cup race of 2022. This podium finish takes Egan-Simmons into the double digits of international medals, with her 10th medal in…

2022 is going to be a big year for Canoe Slalom, with a combination of a packed international calendar of racing and a particularly strong Irish Team setting the stage for a great year ahead. This busy season got underway…

€173,474 has been granted to the Irish Canoe Unionin the latest Sports Capital and Equipment Programme Capital Allocations for upgrades to its national training centre on the River Liffey at Strawberry Beds, Lucan in County Dublin. Canoeing Ireland's Training Centre is a…

When we revealed the background to the Crosshaven-built George Bushe rowing skiff Lorelei of 1954 vintage, many sailors of traditional outlook could have been forgiven for reckoning this innovative craft would still stand out as decidedly unusual in any gathering…

Kayaking in Ireland has had two new pages added to its history books, with the first medals ever being won in the discipline and Ireland's first-ever European Champion being crowned. At the recent Championships, held on the 2024 Olympic course…

Irish canoeist Jenny Egan has had a dream finish to the 2021 ICF Senior World Championships, coming away with a Silver medal in the K1 Women 5000m. A close-fought battle took place around the 23-minute course, with Jenny paddling a…

After a strong performance this afternoon, Irish canoeist Roisin Cahill (U23W) has taken home the gold in Cherbourg en Cotentin. Roisin is a well-experienced competitor within this class, having won a silver medal at the U23 Worlds for Ocean racing…