See the Irish Times and the Guardian.
Download your copy of Kerry County Council’s road safety calendar here [PDF].
Not that this piece of idiocy will ever be passed but, if it is, tourists should avoid Co Kerry, lest they be mangled by a Kerry farmer, pissed as a newt, wobbling around the roads in his tractor.
What qualities — apart from being a publican — do you need to be elected in Co Kerry?
Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Ireland, Non-waterway, People, Politics, Tourism
The number of Shannon-side operations holding Marked Fuel Traders’ Licences [XLS] has doubled since last week: Ciaran Fallon of Rooskey is joined by Quigley’s Marina at Killinure. Congratulations to Brian Quigley.
So there are now two licence-holders on the Shannon. Still no sign of IBRA members (save that Quigleys supplies Waveline) but no doubt they will appear soon.
E&OE: the list now covers 170 pages and I may have missed someone. If so, sorry; let me know and I’ll post the information.
Posted in Economic activities, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Politics, Shannon, Sources, Tourism, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management
Tagged boats, Ciaran Fallon, green diesel, Ireland, Killinure, Lough Ree, marked fuel trader's licence, Quigleys, Rooskey, Roosky, Shannon, vessels, waterways
Here are some photos of recent L+M Keating projects.
Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, Scenery, Shannon, Sources, waterways, Waterways management
Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Clare, dredging, Dublin, embankment, ESB, estuary, Grand Canal, Ireland, Killaloe, L & M Keating, Limerick, Lough Derg, Meelick, Operations, Portumna, Shannon, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat
I’ve moved my pics of dredgers to a new page and added a few more.
Posted in Drainage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Shannon, shannon estuary, Suir, waterways, Waterways management
Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Clare, dredger, dredging, Dublin, Erne, estuary, Ireland, Killaloe, L & M Keating, Limerick, lock, Lough Derg, Operations, Shannon, Shannon-Erne Waterway, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat
I’ve moved my photos of rescue boats to a new page and added photos of some more services. Still a lot missing, though.
Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Shannon, shannon estuary, Suir, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management
Tagged boats, Clare, Coast Guard, Erne, estuary, Ireland, Killaloe, Limerick, Lough Derg, Lough Neagh, Operations, rescue, RNLI, Shannon, Suir, Tipperary, vessels, Waterford, waterways, workboat
I see that Emerald Star offer what they call a Southern Shannon Cruise, which starts at Carrick-on-Shannon and goes all the way south to … Athlone. Athlone may be in the midlands, yes, but not in the south.
Locaboat tells us that
All the countries of Europe have agreed to facilitate access to hire-boats which are duly equipped and certified, and operate in tourist areas where there is little commercial shopping [presumably “shipping”].
In France, Germany [list of areas], Ireland, Holland, Poland and the Venice Lagoon Locaboat has received permission from the local authorities for their boats to be hired without licence. Initial instruction, both theoretical and practical, is given at the point of embarkation, enabling you to quickly master your boat and grasp the essential rules of navigation. You will then be given a licence that is valid for the duration of your stay.
When you’re starting from Ketzin in Germany, however, a boating licence is obligatory. This is not valid for citizens from countries that don’t have a boating license (e.g. Great Britain or Denmark).
This suggests that Ireland does have a boating licence, which is the first I’ve heard of it.
On its English-language front page, incidentally, Locaboat bigs up the fact that licences are not required in Poland:
Licence free hiring now also in Poland
Good news: Due to a new regulation, since 1st August 2010 a boating license is no longer required for our boats in Poland! Now a barge trip in the natural paradise of the Masurian Lake District becomes even more attractive.
And very nice it looks too. I wonder whether the Polish lakes have provided extra competition for the Irish.
Posted in Economic activities, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, Shannon, Sources, Tourism, waterways, Waterways management
Tagged Ballinamore, boats, bridge, canal, Clondra, Erne, Ireland, Locaboat, Operations, penichette, Royal Canal, Shannon
I asked IBRA about the absence of its members from Revenue’s list of holders of Marked Fuel Trader’s Licences. I was surprised by the absence as I believe IBRA members to be compliant with Revenue demands; for example, they (and I) are amongst the few making Mineral Oil Tax returns.
I am happy to say that IBRA members have registered for the new licence and are compliant with the requirements, but it seems that the Revenue lists are not up to date. That raises the possibility that other waterways-based traders have been omitted; if that is so, I would be glad to hear of them.
Irish waterways history 