River Alerts is a system that aims to give Irish kayakers a warning about dangers on rivers or anything related (river warnings). River Alerts also uses posts from Irishfreestyle.com (river warnings).The system aims to accessible from anywhere, via mobile phone internet (alerts.irishwhitewater.com), SMS texts, RSS and internet.

To spread river alerts and to make them even more accessible, river alerts can be embedded on any website, viewed on any phone.

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Liffey, Dublin - Tree on Sluice Weir by aqualung - 31/01/2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRlFQlXSOMQ&feature=youtu.be

Dargle, Wicklow - Dargle by Bernard - 30/10/2012

At the end of the gorge section; (the double drop normal line is River Left of the midriver boulder just above the cantilever House) there is a tree trunk stuck fast in the middle of this line.. be careful because there is a more obvious very Long tree trunk blocking the right side of the boulder which might distract the eye, Both of these are possible LogJammers. Scouting HIGHLY recommended.

Colligan, Waterford - Scaffolding in River by Michael Flynn - 16/10/2012

Warning to paddlers possibly using the get out on the N72 by Radleys Engineering. The County Council are raising/replacing the bridge here and there is a significant amount of sand bags and scaffolding in the river underneath the entire bridge. Just a warning in case you are coming down in high water and miss the take out.

upper bandon, Cork - tree down by dave g - 27/08/2012

Completely blocks river in the jungle section after Ardcahan falls. Will try to remove it in next couple of weeks

Shankill, Wicklow - strainer removed by bernard walsh - 17/08/2012

Strainer removed on the Lower Shankill yesterday 16-08-2012 however scouting advisable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA8Fw7wxKkc&feature=youtu.be

Avonmore, Wicklow - River wide strainer by Niall O Broin - 10/07/2012

There's a tree down on the Avonmore, creating a river wide strainer which must be portaged. It's just upstream of Annamoe bridge, right beside the trout fishery.

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