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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Dunkellin River, Galway - Plank across Fish Counter by Chris Tierney - 26/07/2010 According to forum post on GalwayKayakClub.com ther is a plank of wood across the center section of the new fish counter on the Dunkellin river near Kilcolgan... forum post is at : http://galwaykayakclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=618#p1867
Dargle - trees trees and more trees - 16/07/10 Just as a warning to everyone - the forrestry chaps or who ever manages the forrest on river left have pruned a load of branches from the trees on the river bank and let these branches fall down into the river from the Main falls down to the small boulder garden above the gorge section. As it stands there are no obstructions on the river - just stay clear of the left bank but if the levels pi
Lower Flesk, Kerry - Barbed Wire Fence. by Micheal Mc Sweeney - 10/07/2010 Thers a barbed wire fence completely blocking the river about 1km down from the get on.(Old N22 road bridge, across from Kennedys Pet Farm.) This in not a few strands of wire washed down by the flood, but a proper fence erected during the dry spell. No room to paddle around either end.You'll have to get out and walk around. I had no gear with me to go dismantling it, as I was in a racing boat, didn't even have shoes. Don't know whats the story with how legal this type of thing is? Looks lethal.
Roughty., Kerry - Tree stump. by Micheal Mc Sweeney - 10/07/2010 There's a BIG tree stump blocking most of the river right channell, where the river divides a bit before the first slot drop. Room to pass it on the right today, but the high levels might change things.
Barbed Wire Fence on the Lower Flesk. - 10/07/10 BIG Tee Stump on the Roughty. - 10/07/10 Add River Alerts to your site
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