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Category: Compensation flows

Posted on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

Sustainable management is not too much to ask for

We will never be able to remove the dams at Ardnacrusha and Parteen – too much development has taken place on the flood plains. I took this drone shot in…

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Posted on March 12, 2017March 17, 2017

Limerick Navigation Conference

These are the slides from my presentation at the ‘Inland Navigations of Ireland Historical Society’ conference in Tullamore in March 2017. The talk was entitled ‘After Ardnacrusha’ and provided an…

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Posted on September 27, 2015February 27, 2017

Management plan for the Lower River Shannon

We have been continuing our surveys of the Lower River Shannon. This study is being undertaken to assess the implications of current management regimes on the Lower River Shannon Special Area…

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Posted on January 4, 2015January 18, 2015

Then and now: The “bush hole”, Castleconnell Fishery

Then and now: The “bush hole” area of the Castleconnell Fishery on the Lower River Shannon – map from the mid-1800’s compared with aerial photography from 2005. The historical map…

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Posted on December 18, 2014

Parteen weir, December 2014

These are some selected photos of Parteen weir on the Lower River Shannon which were taken during December 2014. Parteen weir regulates the water flow in the Old River Shannon and diverts…

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Posted on February 5, 2014February 5, 2014

Call for a review of water management on the Lower Shannon

During the flooding of Limerick City last weekend it is important to remember that areas affected, such as St. Mary’s Park, were flooded by river water rather than saline water…

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Posted on January 14, 2014March 6, 2017

A sustainable compensation flow is needed for the Old River Shannon

One of the key environmental issues on hydroelectric schemes with diverted river stretches, such as the lower River Shannon, is that discharges are at a consistent uniform low flow for…

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