Attention !!! The maps shown on this website are for informational purposes only. They are not suitable for navigation. The map provided by the rental company must be strictly adhered to.
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners of vessels that all:
a. Non permitted vessels, Article 6(8)
b. Non attended and apparently abandoned vessels, Article 6(8)
c. Doubled moored and causing obstruction (sunk/sinking), Article 27 (3) and Article 31.
d. Vessels deemed to be/likely to cause a hazard to navigation, Article 33(3)
e. Vessels moored in contravention of Article 25(1) (d).
will be moved from their current location and may be removed from canal property within two (2) weeks of this notice. Removed vessels may then be subsequently disposed of in accordance with Article 34(2).
Classes of vessels mentioned above will have a notice placed on them and then moved/removed from navigation in order to clear berths for both visiting and cruising vessels in key areas.
Waterways Ireland wishes to thank their customer for their cooperation in this matter.
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters that a Triathlon Swim Training Course is presently laid out at Coosan Point, Athlone for the summer period.
The 750m course is set out just south of the Waterways Ireland moorings and is marked by three large orange buoys.
The course will be active daily during the following times:
0800 to 1000hrs
1230 to 1400 hrs
1700 to 2030 hrs
Swimmers are requested to make themselves as visible as possible to boaters, when in the water.
Masters are requested to proceed at slow speed and with minimum wash when passing the course and to note any advice given by safety boat marshals accompanying swimmers.
Waterways Ireland thanks its customers for their cooperation in this matter.
Waterways Ireland has been advised by the Office of Public Works that it will conduct flow measurements at Athlone town bridge on Monday morning 15th May from 1000hrs onwards.
These measurements will take place across the full width of the river and will be undertaken with a small remotely operated vessel.
Safety personnel will be placed north and south of the bridge to warn oncoming boating traffic of the activity.
Masters are requested to proceed with due caution on approach to the navigation arch and note any instructions and directions from safety personnel.
Waterways Ireland thanks its customers for their co-operation in this matter.
Waterways Ireland wishes to advise masters and owners of vessels that they may experience short term delays between Lock 16 Killarcan and Leitrim Marina on the Shannon-Erne Waterway during the following times due the Leitrim Village Blueway Festival:-
Saturday 29th April 12.30pm – 3.00pm
Sunday 30th April 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Waterways Ireland regrets any inconvenience that this may cause and thanks its customers for their cooperation in this matter.
Further information may be had by contacting Waterways Ireland’s Carrick-on-Shannon office at 07196-50562.
Shannon Navigation, Lough Derg. Mount Shannon, Co. Clare and Portumna, Co. Galway :
Protection of Protected Bird Species
Waterways Ireland has been advised that rare and protected birds are present and breeding on Cribby Island, near Mount Shannon and on Church Island adjacent to Portumna Forest Park.
To protect and minimise disturbance to these nesting birds in the area, masters are requested to observe a voluntary exclusion zone by not encroaching within 250m of the islands and to proceed directly passed and without stopping near the islands, between now and August inclusive. In particular masters are requested not to attempt to approach or disembark onto the islands using smaller punts, canoes or kayaks.
Masters should note that deliberate disturbance to nesting birds and their habitat is illegal under the Wildlife Act (1976-2012).
Waterways Ireland thanks its customers for their co-operation in this matter.
