Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company has marked the Rescue 116 Tragedy with a memorial seat adjacent to the Carlisle Pier ( just beside the King George IV monument). The seat is a memorial to the crew members of the Coast Guard 116 Helicopter who tragically lost their lives last March.
Dara Fitzpatrick, Mark Duffy, Paul Ormsby & Ciaran Smith lost their lives in the line of duty. May they rest in Peace.
Santa visits Dun Laoghaire Harbour this November to launch the annual Christmas Festival at 5.45 pm on Saturday November 18th. Join us on Harbour Plaza as he switches on the Christmas Lights at 5.50pm. Then the skies over Dún Laoghaire will be spectacularly illuminated with a magnificent fireworks display at 6pm.
Santa’s Postbox will be at at the Christmas Tree beside dlr LexIcon from Saturday November 18th. Everyone is welcome to post their letters to the North Pole and receive a reply before Christmas Day.
New plans for the old Ferry Terminal in Dun Laoghaire will see it transformed into a state-of-the-art centre for technology, marine and design businesses which could support up to 1,000 jobs. Under the proposed plans, the old ferry terminal will become the Harbour Innovation Campus, a state-of-the-art shared innovation space for multi-national companies, local start-ups and specialist manufacturing firms.
More information to follow on this exciting project. Find out more at www.hic.ie.
Ireland’s largest gathering of vintage commercial road vehicles.
Bank Holiday Weekend 28th, 29th & 30th October 2017.
The Dún Laoghaire Harbour Rally, formerly the Dublin Port Rally is Ireland’s largest gathering of veteran & vintage commercial & private road vehicles. It is being held in Dún Laoghaire Harbour as part of their 200th Bicentenary celebration. Over 220 vintage buses, trucks, fire appliances, military vehicles, vans, cars and motorbikes attended the 2015 event.
It is open to the public from 12 Noon to 6pm Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th and Monday 30th October 2017. Each year the rally nominate a chosen charity, this year is Crumlin Children’s Hospital.
Organised by vintage vehicle enthusiasts, the show has something for everyone and various different vehicles will be on show each day of the event.
Tickets :
Adult 1 Day: €10.00* – Child 1 Day: €5.00
& Family (2 Adults 2 Children or 1 Adult and up to 4 Children) 1 day: €25.00
Notice for all Harbour Users.
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company wish to announce that all Piers will be closed to the public from mid-morning today, Monday 16th October until early Tuesday morning while Hurricane Ophelia crosses the country. Persons are requested not to visit the Harbour for the next 24 hours for their own safety.
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company
The 2017 Boatyard storage form is now online and can be download here.
Bicentenary Celebrations continue this October with these 3 FREE events taking place in the harbour.
More details can be found www.dlharbour200.ie.
Duffys Circus returns to Dun Laoghaire this Thursday 4th October to Sunday 8th October.
Tickets are available from http://www.duffyscircus.com
