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Green light for docks development New development on the Docks Design for Docks life Railway critical to port development Tanks dismantling work on schedule Galway Harbour Company Revises Proposed Port Development Galway Harbour Company Announces Details of their Public Consultation Process Galway Bay Kayak Race Funderland - May 2011 The World Cruise Liner Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race SB3 Championships Sailor of the Month - Martin Breen Le Diamant Cruise Liner

Le Diamant Cruise Liner Today, 22nd July 2011, Galway Harbour welcomed ashore passengers from the French registered passenger vessel Le Diamant. The vessel is on a cruise of the British Isles which commenced in St. Malo, France in early July. The vessel arrived at the anchorage off Mutton Island and passengers...

Sailor of the Month - Martin Breen The Irish Independent has named Galway’s own Martin Breen as June’s Sailor of the Month. Martin Breen, an accomplished sailor was winner of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle yacht race onboard Galway Harbour, a Reflex 38. Galway has fared pretty well in that particular race with...

SB3 Championships Galway Harbour Company were delighted to play host port for the Western SB3 Championships in the City of the Tribes on the 25th & 26th June 2011. All told, 26 boat competed in what were described as “Challenging” conditions by race organiser Martin Breen of Galway Bay...

Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race This morning (Sunday 12th June) at 04:18 hrs Galway Harbour owned by Martin Breen arrived in Dingle as overall winner under IRC of the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Yacht Race. Crewed by a strong 10 man team, Galway Harbour set off well from Dun Laoghaire and leading most of the fleet south,...

The World Cruise Liner The Galway Harbour Board is delighted to announce the arrival of the residential passenger liner to Galway in July 2013. This decision by the liner owners affirms our long standing belief that Galway city and county had much to offer the cruise passenger and that Galway will become a...

Funderland - May 2011 Galway Harbour Company is delighted to be able to assist Funderland with a 3 week long funfair located at the harbour said CEO Éamon Bradshaw. “There is a natural draw to the harbour for the public since the very successful Volvo Ocean Race in 2009 which returns to our shores...

Galway Bay Kayak Race On Saturday, 14th May 2011 Galway Harbour witnessed another watersport event. Forty kayaks took to the water at Wolfe Tone Bridge in a race laid off to the south of the Harbour Enterprise Park.In sometimes challenging conditions the race was completed in two hours with all competitors...

Galway Harbour Company Announces Details of their Public Consultation Process On Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st of Jan the Galway Harbour Company is making details of their impending proposed development of the Port of Galway available to the general public.The 2 day event will happen at Galway Harbour on the Centre Pier building. The consultants involved, along...

Galway Harbour Company Revises Proposed Port Development GHC has revised and refined its proposed planning submission to An Bord Pleanala, to take into account the current economic climate. The revised development is a scaled back version of the original proposal yet also allows for the further growth and expansion of the port when economic conditions...

Tanks dismantling work on schedule Work on the dismantling of the Topaz oil tanks on Galway Docks has commenced this week with the washing out of the structures, while the removal of the structure is due to commence later this week. The Galway Independent understands that the removal of the piping work by a Galway-based company...

Railway critical to port development Accessibility to the rail network will be a critical factor in the redevelopment of Galway port, following the decision by An Bord Pleanála last Friday to refuse permission to the Port of Cork to develop a new €160 million container terminal at Oysterbank in Ringaskiddy on the grounds...

Design for Docks life Galway Harbour Company and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) have launched an architectural ideas competition for the Centre Pier in Galway Harbour for a world-class significant building to give a recognisable identity to Galway Harbour and the City of Galway as a maritime...

New development on the Docks Galway Harbour Company has applied for planning permission for use of the dock as a shipping berth and the construction of a channel access sea wall and storage yard. The use of the dock and adjacent storage yard will primarily be used to facilitate the relocation of the current scrap steel berth...

Green light for docks development There is good news for Galway Harbour Company this week, with the revelation that the Department of Transport has given the green light for the company to seek planning permission to redevelop the docklands area.Image The Harbour Company has been seeking to redevelop Galway Docks for a number of...

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