South Tipperary County Council participated in the EU Waterways Forward project, with a focus on the River Suir. Here is a brief report on the Suir River Café project.
The other Irish participant was Waterways Ireland, whose project (PDF) was about the implementation of the Water Framework Directive on canals.
Irish waterways history 
For further information on Landscape Interface Studio, Kingston University input to the Waterways Forward project:
http://workinglandscape.wordpress.com/