A new study from WI and others is mentioned here. It doesn’t seem to be available on the WI website yet, but I haven’t yet finished reading the Erne and Lough Ree/Mid-Shannon studies that are available on the same page.
I might disagree with some of the conclusions of some of these studies, but I very much welcome the fact that they are being done and that WI is developing and promoting the waterways “product”. If only I could convince it not to waste money on the Clones Canal ….
Update: WI have a press release up, with a photo of a chap who has come out in a very fetching garment.
Irish waterways history 