70th Anniversary garden party
WINTERISING or Preparing a Boat for Winter
by Robert Maitland The following information has been gained from 35 years on my experience of preparing a boat for winter and information from others who were not so fortunate. So why bother to winterise? Over half of boat owners don’t do any winter preparation other than pull a cover over their boat [...]
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 HQ Dunrovin. While the weather was not wonderful it did remain largely dry for this most significant event in IWAI’s history. The official opening 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, a poet, writer, and performer, has lived on a fifty-five-foot canal narrowboat on the Grand Canal for the past three years. Erin Fornoff published a [...]
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 as determined by the governments in both jurisdictions In Northern Ireland the information can be found at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-regulations-guidance-what-restrictions-mean-you In the Republic of Ireland up 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. it is likely that many of our members may get emails or calls from people purporting to be from the HSE or related sources or [...]
Covid-19 – IWAI Guidance – 1st May 2021
Covid-19 - IWAI Guidance – 1st May 2021 #holdfirm #IWAI We continue to advise all members to heed the advice from the relevant authorities and to follow the public health guidance as determined by the governments in both jurisdictions. Published government documents detailing increasing restrictions at various levels ROI Roadmap for Resilience and Recovery [...]
Covid-19 – IWAI Guidance – 31st December 2020
Covid-19 - IWAI Guidance – 31st December 2020 #stayathomestaysafe We continue to advise all members to heed the advice from the relevant authorities and to follow the public health guidance as determined by the governments in both jurisdictions. Published government documents detailing increasing restrictions at various levels ROI Roadmap for Resilience and Recovery                                                                                                                    NI [...]
Nav-Watch Report 2020 is here.
**** News - Nav-Watch Report 2020 is here **** A huge thank you to all our friends, supporters and contributors - report is at www.iwai.ie/nav-watch/ The report is much more than a presentation of issues on the navigations, we illustrate how the most prevalent issues  impact vessel progress. We present minimum water displacement requirements [...]
Covid-19 – IWAI Guidance – 4th December 2020
Covid-19 - IWAI Guidance – 4th December 2020 #staylocal #IWAI We continue to advise all members to heed the advice from the relevant authorities and to follow the public health guidance as determined by the governments in both jurisdictions. Published government documents detailing increasing restrictions at various levels ROI Roadmap for Resilience and Recovery [...]