http://www.irishwhitewater.com River Alerst is designed to warn Irish kayakers of dangers rivers en-us http://www.irishwhitewater.com/images/IWW.com_rss.jpg http://www.irishwhitewater.com/river_alerts 133 25 http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#246 Folks,  Just a warning that there is some damage to the Palmerstown Weir on the Liffey, which all paddlers should be aware of.  At the bottom of the weir, on the apex of the flood pan, some concrete has broken away leaving a hole and exposing some structural steel work for the weir.  read more Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:44:13 GMT http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#246 http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#245 16 year old drowned at Wrens Nest weir. Not the first drowning at the Weir. People seem to forget how dangerous it is. There are logs caught in the small falls far river right beside the wall and metal gates into the mill race. It is only 2 meters wide and about a 7-9ft drop If a beginner was to capsize above the Weir at river right and swam chances are they could be sucked over the fall. Al... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:03:54 GMT http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#245 http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#244 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:27:55 GMT http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#244 http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#243 The Laney River , Macroom, Cork. Trees down across the Laney reaching right across the River, in low water can be passed under but in high water can pose an safety hazzard Fri, 22 May 2009 11:42:40 GMT http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#243 http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#242 Boat stuck in Constriction on The Clare Glens. 20/05/09. Wed, 20 May 2009 15:59:55 GMT http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#242 http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#241 Tree down at the entry to right hand channel of the boulder garden on the Dargle (after short gorge section).Tis pretty small so will probably move after the next bit of water (could even be gone already).Its possible to run the left channel and then skip back across right halfway down, but running all left in low to med water would not be desireable.  Mon, 18 May 2009 13:27:21 GMT http://www.irishwhitewater.com/riveralerts/#241