Docklands Authority calls for businesses to enliven Liffey

The Docklands Authority has today invited expressions of interest for new water-based businesses on the River Liffey.

An initiative of the Docklands Authority's River Regeneration Strategy, projects are being sought which maximise the amenity potential of the River Liffey.

The Docklands Authority is offering opportunities for ships, crafts and other vessels to be moored and based in the heart of Dublin to provide recreational and tourist facilities.

“The significance of the River Liffey to the docklands regeneration project cannot be over-emphasised,” said Paul Maloney, chief executive of the Docklands Authority.

“This part of Dublin used to be the centre of our maritime industry and now we are putting out calls to bring some of that bustle and life back to the river.

The projects initiated in recent years have certainly proved the demand from Dubliners and visitors for maritime leisure with, for example, the Liffey Voyage now carrying more than 3,000 passengers per month and the Docklands Maritime Festival attracting over 50,000 visitors during the June Bank Holiday weekend.”

Initiatives already implemented under the Strategy include the purchase of a famine replica ship, the Jeanie Johnston, the launch of the Liffey Voyage tour service and the redevelopment of the Dublin City Moorings as a superyacht berthing facility.