{"id":2705,"date":"2023-09-27T19:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:46:03","slug":"offaly-county-council-rejects-proposed-canal-bylaws-revision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/offaly-county-council-rejects-proposed-canal-bylaws-revision\/","title":{"rendered":"Offaly County Council Rejects Proposed Canal Bylaws Revision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Offaly County Council Rejects Proposed Canal Bylaws Revision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">A great start to the campaign, but other county councils should follow suit. Please be sure to mail your representatives and county councilors, you can find a list of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oireachtas.ie\/en\/members\/\" title=\"\">here<\/a> &#8230;&#8230;submit your objection to Waterways Ireland via the public consultation page on their site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterwaysireland.org\/Pages\/Public-Consultation-on-Draft-Byelaws.aspx\" title=\"\">here<\/a> &#8230;&#8230;.and sign the IRBOA petition to save our canals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openpetition.eu\/petition\/online\/irboa-oppose-waterways-ireland-proposed-draft-bye-laws-2023-dont-empty-our-canals#petition-main\" title=\"\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2709\" style=\"width:956px;height:538px\" width=\"956\" height=\"538\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A midlands local authority has rejected proposed revisions to the canal bylaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waterways Ireland has presented its suggestions to Minister for Heritage, Darragh O&#8217;Brien, which Offaly County Council disagrees with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed revisions include in-water inspections and insurance for boats, an annual registration process and speed limits for bicycles and scooters on the Greenways and Blueways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">The link to the full article, and audio of the radio piece can be found here : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midlands103.com\/news\/midlands-news\/offaly-county-council-rejects-proposed-canal-bylaws-revision\/\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.midlands103.com\/news\/midlands-news\/offaly-county-council-rejects-proposed-canal-bylaws-revision\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offaly County Council Rejects Proposed Canal Bylaws Revision A great start to the campaign, but other county councils should follow suit. Please be sure to mail your representatives and county councilors, you can find a list of them here &#8230;&#8230;submit your objection to Waterways Ireland via the public consultation page on their site here &#8230;&#8230;.and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/offaly-county-council-rejects-proposed-canal-bylaws-revision\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Offaly County Council Rejects Proposed Canal Bylaws Revision<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123.jpg",1000,672,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123-300x202.jpg",300,202,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123-768x516.jpg",768,516,true],"large":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123.jpg",1000,672,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123.jpg",1000,672,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/123.jpg",1000,672,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"IRBOAADMIN","author_link":"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/index.php\/author\/irboaadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":31,"uagb_excerpt":"Offaly County Council Rejects Proposed Canal Bylaws Revision A great start to the campaign, but other county councils should follow suit. 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