WI Presentations to IWAI Canal Branches – Nov 5th 2024
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 [...]
WI Houseboat Mooring Investment Programme
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 [...]
Key Changes to Draft Bye-Laws
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 [...]
Ruth Heard RIP
Ruth Heard - RIP It is with great sadness we have to record the death of Ruth Heard on 5th October. Ruth was a great champion of the [...]
Peter Hanna RIP
Peter Hanna - RIP It is with great regret that we have to announce the death of Peter Hanna, former President of IWAI (1987-1989) and member of the [...]
IWAI 70th Anniversary Garden Party Report
The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland recently celebrated its 70 th anniversary with a garden party, held in the location where it all began back in 1954, ‘Dunrovin’ [...]
IWAI 70th Anniversary – Waterways Ireland CEO Speech
8th July 2024: At the IWAI 70th Anniversary Garden Party a keynote speech was given by John McDonagh, CEO of Waterways Ireland. The executive considers it to be a significant [...]
Dunrovin Launch Day June 25th 2022
IWAI HQ Dunrovin Official Opening Saturday June 25th marked International Day of the Seafarer. It is very fitting that this date also marked the official opening of IWAI [...]
Key Handover by RNLI Regional Estates Manager
Speech by IWAI President on acceptance of the key for Dundovin from RNLI On November 26th, 2020, 16 months ago, Owen Medland RNLI Lifesaving [...]
Dunrovin key handover Vice President speech
Key handover speech by IWAI Vice-President It is such a pleasure to stand here today on this, the penultimate stage of what has been a long and sometimes [...]
Dunrovin Key Handover speech by President IWAI
Key Handover speech by President IWAI Dunrovin, IWAI HQ was first spoken about almost five Presidential terms ago. To put that in perspective it is 12-14 years since [...]
Key Handover Speech by Dunrovin Development Committee Chair
Key Handover speech by Chairman of the Dunrovin Development Committee We are here today at Dunrovin the ancestral home and birthplace of the IWAI to take possession of [...]
RNLI hands over the keys to Dunrovin
RNLI hands over the keys to Dunrovin, Inland Waterways HQ An official key-handover ceremony took place in Coosan between the RNLI and the Inland Waterways Association of [...]
INAUGURAL WRITER IN RESIDENCE FOR IRELAND’S INLAND WATERWAYS
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, [...]
Covid-19 – IWAI Guidance – 3rd September 2021
Covid-19 - IWAI Guidance – 3 September 2021 We continue to advise all members to heed the advice from the relevant authorities and to follow the public health guidance [...]
Athlone Mayor tours Dunrovin
Athlone Mayor tours Dunrovin The IWAI President Alan Kelly welcomed Mayor Aengus O’Rourke on a guided tour of Dunrovin, located on the shores of Lough Ree in Coosan, to [...]
IWAI Advise on Hacking Prevention
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. [...]
Help map pump out facilities
Boating Code of Conduct We are all delighted to be able to get back out on the water in whatever guise takes your fancy. We remind our boating members [...]