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The annual Athlone 'Big Clean Up', taking place on April 14 from 11am to 2pm, was launched on Wednesday this week by Mayor of Athlone, John Dolan, and Gerry Johnson of Athlone Tidy Towns.

Climb aboard Barracuda Boats on Sunday, August 14, and be ferried across the water to the Lough Ree Inn for a night of music and entertainment from The A Blues Band.

Lough Ree RNLI lifeboat crew received their first callout of 2016 on Sunday, January 3, when a man living aboard a barge was marooned by a strong river current on the Shannon in Athlone.

The new RNLI lifeboat for Lough Ree was called out on its first rescue mission just seven minutes after being put on station at the Coosan slip.

A local man has been shortlisted for one of the Irish Sailing Association’s (ISA) prestigious annual awards. Vincent Rafter, from Athlone, earned his nomination in the Volunteer of the Year categoryfor his contribution to the Lough Ree Yacht Club.

Take advantage of the long summer evenings by signing up for this year’s adult sailing course at Lough Ree Yacht Club.

This is yacht sailing Lough Ree-style, at a price that won’t hurt the pocket.

The world’s biggest sailing event, the 10th Volvo Ocean Race, will arrive in Ireland for the first time on May 23. Following the transatlantic leg, racing from Boston, it will arrive and stay in Galway for a two-week stopover before leaving on the next leg for Goteborg in Sweden.

The Lough Ree junior sailing course begins next week on June 29 and runs until July 24.