Waterways Ireland met the IWAI canal branches in Mullingar on November 5th 2024 to update us on their development & maintenance plans for the Grand and Royal canals and to listen to feedback and answer questions from the branch representatives in attendance. WI Canals Development Presentation can be viewed by clicking the link [...]
Waterways Ireland have announced they are going to be investing €12.5m over the next 7 years which will see the delivery of 172 serviced houseboat moorings on the canals. Kay Baxter, President of The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, commented "This is excellent news and is in line with our liveaboard policy developed [...]
Key changes to the draft Bye-Laws after consultation with IWAI Kay Baxter, President of The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, gave the following presentation to the IWAI Council Meeting on Saturday 19th October regarding key changes being introduced to the draft Bye-Laws. Click To Open Presentation in New Page (mobile friendly) [...]
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INAUGURAL WRITER IN RESIDENCE FOR IRELAND’S INLAND WATERWAYS I INAUGURAL WRITER IN RESIDENCE FOR IRELAND’S INLAND WATERWAYS Ireland’s inland waterways now has an inaugural Writer In Residence: Erin Fornoff, a poet, writer, and performer, has lived on a fifty-five-foot canal narrowboat on the Grand Canal for the past three years. Erin Fornoff published a [...]
Advice on Phishing and Hacking Protection In light of the recent hacking of the HSE, where a lot the HSE customer data has been copied. it is likely that many of our members may get emails or calls from people purporting to be from the HSE or related sources or [...]
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 [...]
Good afternoon all and Happy New Year IWAI are delighted to announce the launch of the 2020BC (Big Cruise) calendar of events on the inland navigations of The Green And Silver. The launch event comprises a flotilla of light and fast boats travelling at pace on the River Liffey from the sea lock at [...]
IWAI have prepared a press release to mark the occasion with our peer organisation the Heritage Boat Association (HBA); as a project partnership with Waterways Ireland (WI) and Coras Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). Images and historical documents will also be released. The material is being issued tonight, for your consideration for inclusion in your print [...]
News Release - Immediate IWAI receive National Irish Water Safety Award The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland was honoured this week to receive an Irish Water Safety Award. The Community and Social Responsibility Award was in recognition of the work by the association and its members in supporting the Irish Water Safety’s Community Work and [...]
