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Third visit of the year but warm enough to open up the hives and check if all is well (queen alive/laying eggs; enough stores of honey or if they need feeding as they increase their activity in response to the...

For us at the Canoe Centre and Rafting.ie every day is earth day but today marks a very significant moment on the Earth Day timeline. It is most unlikely that when Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 that it’s...

Hi guys! My name is Jessie. You may or may not have met me in the Canoe Centre shop, running around Ireland or various parts of the world chasing the rain.  It’s very clear that because of recent events, our...

A little gem of a river hidden in the mountains of Kerry. Well worth the trip, and can be combined with the Upper Caragh (when it is open) for a good day out. It’s a narrow and technical class 3...

As part of our mission to bring you the best kayak sport shopping experience possible, we are very excited to launch our new Price Match Policy. You can read all about our price match promise over on our price match...

As we all seek different ways to keep ourselves occupied in the ‘new normal’, many of the creatures that surround us in the outdoors carry on absolutely unperturbed by the Covid-19 crisis. One such creature is the native Irish Black...

The Ferry Wave Anyone living on the north side of Dublin city will know that we are neither close to the mountains nor the rivers but what we do have is the sea. It can be tough making the frantic...