Restored Meelick Weir and Walkway To Be Officially Opened

From the Galway Bay FM Newsroom: Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien TD and Junior Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan will be in South Galway later today.

They will officially open the restored Meelick weir and walkway in Meelick, Eyrecourt.

The ceremony will take place at noon when they will be joined by Chief Executive of Waterways Ireland, John McDonagh.

The weir was damaged in severe storms in 2009 and again in 2015/2016, when the walkway was also damaged and was subsequently closed.

Work on the three million euro Waterways Ireland project began in 2017 and included the restoration of the weir, its 300 metre walkway and tilting weir gates.