Renewed call to remove derelict boats from this Kildare river

Kildare County Council admitted that lands at this location are largely unregistered on a land ownership system

By Ciarán Mather Published 15th Oct 2026, 14:00 BST Renewed call to remove derelict boats from this Kildare river | FILE PHOTOGRAPH / PIXABAY Kildare County Council admitted that lands at this location are largely unregistered on a land ownership system A local councillor has reiterated her call for Kildare County Council (KCC) to remove derelict boats in one County Kildare region.

Earlier this year, Labour Party Cllr Aoife Breslin requested KCC to 'engage with the relevant stakeholders to have the derelict boats removed from the River Barrow’.

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And at the latest Athy Municipal District meeting, which took place on Monday, October 12 last, she submitted a follow-up question to KCC, which read as follows: “Can KCC confirm what plans it has to progress the removal of the derelict boats along the bank beside the car park at Dominican Lane in Athy?”

In response, a senior engineer for KCC told Cllr Breslin: “The Strategic Projects and Public Realm Department have engaged Legal Services to determine landownership in the area.”

They added: “The lands at this location are largely unregistered on the online system and owners will have to be determined prior to configuring a plan to progress removal of the boats from the area.”

Following this, Cllr Breslin told the engineer that this ‘stretch of waterway’ appeared to be a ‘no man’s land’.

She also said: “I know that KCC is doing its best, but we are missing a huge opportunity to help Athy here.”

Cllr Breslin concluded by turning to the engineer and joking to them: “See? I don’t always give out to [KCC’s] engineers!”