Covid-19 - IWAI Guidance – 1st May 2021 #holdfirm #IWAI We continue to advise all members to heed the advice from the relevant authorities and to follow the public health guidance as determined by the governments in both jurisdictions. Published government documents detailing increasing restrictions at various levels ROI Roadmap for Resilience and Recovery [...]
Dunrovin October 2020 to January 2021 Watch our latest video on the build progress. The video records the progress from October 2020 up until January 2021. Unfortunately for the past number of months progress was suspended due to level 5 restrictions and all building work ceased. But the build is well advanced and we [...]
The new normal as we mark the beginning of the boating season. Traditionally the month of March marks the beginning of the boating season. While many of us in reality enjoy winter boating with modern heating systems now available for boats. Nonetheless, March resonates with us in the boating world as we begin to [...]
Dunrovin progress report Following the signing of the contract between IWAI and RNLI, the site clearance, and the first pandemic lockdown the contractors moved on to the Dunrovin site in August 2020 for the start of the build. Over the following months, taking COVID 19 restrictions into account, the build has progressed well. With [...]
Covid-19 - IWAI Guidance – 31st December 2020 #stayathomestaysafe We continue to advise all members to heed the advice from the relevant authorities and to follow the public health guidance as determined by the governments in both jurisdictions. Published government documents detailing increasing restrictions at various levels ROI Roadmap for Resilience and Recovery NI [...]
A marine partnership provides a shared home for Lough Ree RNLI and the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland A partnership between the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI) will result in a shared home for the two organisations in Athlone. The site of the [...]
Give the gift of membership this Christmas If you know someone who cares about the inland waterways as much as you do, give them a special gift this Christmas of family membership that will help protect our unique heritage. FOR €55 (£36) PER YEAR YOUR GIFT RECIPIENT WILL RECEIVE… A link to the [...]
Download BSS guidance Sheet to Print Following the deaths of two friends from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a boat called Diversion in York in December 2019, the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a safety flyer with the lessons learnt from its initial findings and the Boat [...]
The IWAI is ready for Changes to online payments The Payments Services Directive (PSD) that began as far back as 2005 when first conceived released a major update in 2018 when it was repealed and replaced by PSD2. PSD2 will bring new requirements for payment transactions and anyone doing e-commerce in Europe will have to [...]
The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight, the water mirrors a still sky ‘Wild Swans at Coole’ by WB Yeats Dr. Philip Blackstock was commissioned, as part of the planning process, to establish the health and condition of the trees growing at Dunrovin and to provide [...]
