Due to a severe lack of water on the Liffey at this time the ESB have said that it will not be possible to organise a release from Liexlip Dam tomorrow to facilitate the Sluice Rodeo. Since the sluice will not be sufficiently high for a rodeo event without a release it has been decided […]
Now in its 2nd year the Moonlight Challenge is a fundraising event for the Wicklow Mountain Rescue Service. Its sure to be a fantastic night and is open to all. The 26km walk takes you from Crone Wood near Enniskerry along the Wicklow Way to their new Base on the outskirts of Laragh, all in […]
Its back! OutdoorCommunity.ie are proud to sponsor the Sluice Rodeo 2011, returning on October 12th 2011. In 2010 there were over 60 entries run as part of the Irish Freestyle Series. This year the organisers expect even more paddlers, more craic and loadsa juniors all battling it out to be the 2011 sluice champion. OutdoorCommunity.ie’s […]
The sun shone for the 52nd Annual Liffey Descent which went off without a hitch (for most people!!) this weekend. With over 450 competitors battling it out over 11 wiers and nearly 30 kilometres there was lots of action and excitment. Congrats to Peter Egan (Salmon Leap Canoe Club) and Neil Fleming (Celbridge Paddlers) who […]
New evidence has emerged hinting the residence of a Bottlenose Dolphin pod (3 dolphins) along the Dublin and Wicklow coast. The evidence comes from the over 200 validated sightings of the pod in the past year within a 21 mile (33km) range between Wicklow Town and Dalkey Island. The sightings, validated by the Irish Whale […]
THE GREYSTONES ‘Give Us Back Our Harbour’ group has welcomed the significant progress made in recent weeks in negotiations with Sispar (the partnership tasked with redeveloping the harbour). “This success means that the community is very close to a plan for the harbour area which will leave it in a satisfactory condition as a community […]
Mayo’s Great Western Greenway has been awarded a 2011 EDEN award for ‘exemplary regeneration and promotion of a declining physical site’…
The ‘King of Fish, the Wild Atlantic Salmon, has returned to the River Tolka.
The French Coast Guard service has asked coast guard services in Britain and Ireland to look out for a brave yachtsman who is making a 7,000km transatlantic voyage.
Gravity Climbing Center will provide a brand new world class bouldering wall close to the heart of Dublin city…
