A multi-agency training exercise involving gardaí, the RNLI and the Athlone Sub-Aqua club took place on the River Shannon today. The midlands town is the first in the country to start using the ...

A second underwater tunnel beneath the River Shannon in Athlone, linking the town's sewer system from east to west, has been completed. The €114 million main drainage project, which is designed ...

An oil pollution incident on the river Shannon south of Athlone, which has killed cormorants and fish, is being investigated by Westmeath County Council. The incident happened at the weekend ...

Although the Shannon Princess is the only hotel barge plying the river south of Athlone these days, it’s far from the first. In the mid-1800s, rail/boat trips were quite popular. Travelers would ...

Athlone is perhaps most famous as the home ... a video presentation and an exhibition on life on the Callows. The River Shannon, which flows from County Cavan to County Kerry, gets its name ...

Anxious and frustrated, locals in the town prepare once more for an all too familiar fight with the river Council workers try to hold back the River Shannon from bursting its banks along Deerpark ...

I’ve lived in Athlone all my life. It is in the very centre of Ireland. By Irish standards, it is a big town, divided in two by the river Shannon. Connaught is on one side of the bridge and ...

Patryck Krupa's body was found partially submerged in an area of the River Shannon known as Bogginfin on Friday evening A man in his 30s is due to appear before a special sitting of Athlone ...

A teenager is in a critical condition in hospital after being rescued from the River Shannon in Athlone. Two youths had a lucky escape when they dramatically jumped from a boat after losing ...

Patryck Krupa's body was found partially submerged in an area of the River Shannon known as Bogginfin on Friday evening A man in his 30s is due to appear before a special sitting of Athlone ...