DLRCC have engaged L&M Keating Ltd. to carry our repairs to the end of the West Pier, and behind the sun shelter on the East Pier. The works include repairing damage to the revetments, and replacing rock armour removed by storm Emma in March 2018. We expect the works to be completed by Christmas.
Members of the public are requested to obey safety signage and stay clear of the works areas on both piers.
Star Breeze arrives twice in the month of September for two short calls. The ship calls to Ireland for the last time before major refurbishments to take place in 2020.
The 134 metre 10,000 tonne vessel arrives into Dun Laoghaire this month for two turnaround trips.
212 passengers disembark in the morning to visit Dun Laoghaire, Dublin city and beyond and then the ship welcomes a new groups of guests for its next sailing.
The ship can be viewed from Queens Road and the East Pier all day on 7th & 21st September.
Sat 7th Sept ETA 06:00 ETD 17:00 Arrival from : Douglas IOM Next Stop : Douglas IOM
Sat 21st Sept ETA 08:00 ETD 22:00 Arrival from : Belfast Next stop : Fishguard
Dun Laoghaire Harbour offices have now moved from Harbour Lodge on Crofton Road to the address below effective as of 22nd August 2019.
NEW Address : Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council , County Hall, Marine Road, Co Dublin
Queries : All post and queries (in person) to The Hub in County Hall.
Phone : 01 2054778 / 01 2054719
Email : harbour@dlrcoco.ie
IronMan 70.3 Road Closures – Sunday 25th August 2019
Harbour Road will be closed between Marine Road and Old Dun Leary Road. Access will be maintained to clubs/businesses on a controlled basis (if /when safe to do so) via a one way system from Marine Road. Vehicles will be allowed to pass through to Cold Quay bridge, and then exit to York Road or Crofton Road.
This will be in operation from 09:00 – 17:00. Peak flow of runners will be 11:30-14:00.
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Dun Laoghaire Harbour welcomes a season of 1920’s themed Christmas parties to the harbour this winter.
Kicking off on 30th November the parties are open to groups of 8+ guests or the event can be block booked for 400 – 1,000 guests.
Tickets start from €59 and visitors should expect the following
The IGDB have sent us some photos from their annual collection on the East Pier, what a beautiful sunny day.
The Dublin Ukulele Collective can certainly draw a crowd !
A big thanks to all involved .
Two new Electric Vehicle Charging Spaces are now in operation at the start of the East Pier in Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
The Charging Mechanism was donated by Volvo Cars Ireland as part of their sponsorship of the 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.
The parking spaces are provided by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
Another initiative to encourage & support sustainable transport are a new set of bike racks.
The racks are located adjacent to the start of the west pier in the coal harbour ( beside the Harbour Splash area).
A very big thanks to all involved in getting these initiatives up and running.
They are open and free to all visitors to the harbour.
Sunday 14th July 2019
Ireland’s largest sailing event, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, came to a gentle close this afternoon after an exciting four days of racing in Dublin Bay with 500 boats and almost 2,500 sailors competing.
A light northerly breeze of six knots allowed organisers to complete nearly all 290 scheduled races with many class titles hanging on the outcome of today’s final race.
Dublin Yacht Club’s shared the bulk of the overall prizes, awarded this afternoon at the official prize giving at the Royal Irish Yacht Club, winning 19 of the 34 classes including the coveted ‘Boat of the Week’ Trophy.
David Gorman’s Flying Fifteen ‘Betty’ from the National Yacht Club was named top boat after leading an extremely competitive 24–boat one design fleet with seven race wins in a ten race series.
A final challenge by John Maybury on the Centre Course today in the single race sailed enabled the Royal Irish J109 Sailor to successfully retain his IRC One crown in a highly competitive 26-boat fleet.
In a summer of achievements for Maybury, his Class One defence follows four consecutive class wins of IRC National Championship victories, the 2019 win coming on Dublin Bay last month. Today’s victory was Maybury’s fifth VDLR class win in a row winning first in 2011.
The 28-boat IRC offshore prize was won by Seamus Fitzpatrick’s First 50, Mermaid also of the Royal Irish.
Seven classes included the regatta as part of their championship calendar in 2019: GP14s, 420s and Mermaid dinghies raced for Leinster honours. The SB20s decided regional titles and the Sigma 33s and Beneteau 21s raced for national trophies.
The biennial event is being hailed an enormous success both afloat and ashore for a combined fleet of 498 boats, the biggest on the Irish Sea. Over 290 races on five different courses were staged in a range of light to medium conditions since racing began last Thursday.
Although 230 visiting boats made up nearly half the fleet, yachts from outside the bay area took away only 11 trophies up from seven two years ago. The bulk of the silverware has stayed in Dublin.
Trophies were awarded in each of the 34 competing classes this afternoon, bringing the curtain down on one of the most successful stagings of Ireland’s biggest sailing event that eclipsed 2017’s 470-boat fleet.
Scotland’s Cove Sailing Club took a win in the Sigma 33 Irish open Championships. Howth Yacht Club had six wins in IRC two, two B, RC35 and, the Howth 17s, and non–spinnaker division 1 but outside of that there was only a single win for Belfast Lough in IRC 3, Rush Sailing Club in the Laser Radial and Greystones Sailing Club won both the Wayfarers and IRC Zero.
UK Olympic Gold Medalist Mike McIntyre won the RS Elite Championships that was run as part of the Regatta and the British Sailing Star was also awarded the Regatta’s best visiting boat award.
In Dun Laoghaire, the Royal Irish Yacht Club topped the leaderboard winning eight classes from IRC keelboats to Water Wag dinghies.The Royal St. George had six wins. The National Yacht Club had four victories and the DMYC had two.
Full results are available on www.dlregatta.org.
The Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta is Ireland’s biggest sailing event and a great festival of sailing across the waterfront and Dun Laoghaire town as four sailing clubs come together for the biennial event; Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club, Royal Irish Yacht Club, Royal St. George Yacht Club and National Yacht Club.
For more information see www.dlregatta.org or find Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
ENDS
For further information contact:
Lydia McDermott, FleishmanHillard, 085 7138810 E: lydia.mcdermott@fleishmaneurope.com
Darragh Collins, FleishmanHillard, 087 7694515 E: Darragh.collins@fleishmaneurope.com
