Plans for 8km missing link of Royal Canal Greenway to be submitted 14 years after first proposed
Fingal County Council is finalising designs and expects to submit its application by the end of March
Waterways Ireland
Companies face questions over water usage as new licence regulations take effect
Recent applicants are takings billions of litres of water annually from local rivers and lakes
Dead dolphin found on Carlow river bank believed to have been pursuing fish
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group notes recent sightings of animals in rivers Bandon, Lee, Suir and Barrow
Detective garda died after gas leak ignited on her boat, inquiry report says
Deirdre Finn was ‘never aware of fire starting’, says marine casualty board
Poet Patrick Kavanagh’s regular haunt along Dublin’s Grand Canal gets face lift
Public space, accessibility and biodiversity enhanced along one of the capital’s busiest waterway paths
‘We’ll pay for locks and moorings but rivers must run free’: Shannon business owners object to new charges
Waterways Ireland asked by former minister for housing and local government Darragh O’Brien to ‘reflect’ on charges
Widened and enhanced walkway along Grand Canal weeks away from completion
Much of the area near Mount Street was fenced off last year in response to the erection of tents along the waterway
Cost of maintaining and patrolling fences at Grand Canal encampments cost almost €800,000
Price of fencing alone reached €566,718, Waterways Ireland says, with removal of asylum seeker tents costing €95,170
On the waterways of Ireland: A quiet success of peace on the island
Some 800,000 people made cross-Border journeys by cruiser, bicycle or foot - a story that Waterways Ireland’s chief John McDonagh says must be told more
Volunteers supporting homeless asylum seekers say gardaí often ‘increase the risk of violence’
Report by Irish Refugee Council says Government has ‘reneged on its obligations under Irish and European Union law’ in not providing their basic needs
Plan for lido, saunas, food trucks and pocket forest in Dublin’s historic graving docks
Docklands residents urge Waterways Ireland to open old dry docks for community use
Asylum seekers cleared from Grand Canal by gardaí within minutes of arriving
Gardaí were alerted by Waterways Ireland staff patrolling area
Controversial fencing being removed along Dublin’s Grand Canal
Move comes two weeks after Waterways Ireland started 24-hour patrols of the canal to stop homeless people erecting tents there
Waterways Ireland begins canal patrols to prevent tents being pitched and to safeguard fencing
Pilot scheme involving two security personnel walking banks could allow for the removal of barriers in place since May
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