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The Liffey Valley Park Alliance is urging the Government and local authorities to implement the 2006 Liffey Valley Park Strategic Plan to protect St Edmundsbury and its unique open riverside landscape in the Liffey Valley. The area is valued for its natural beauty, wildlife habitat, and role in floodplain protection. The call comes as Inland Fisheries Ireland reported only 272 salmon passing Leixlip Dam in 2025, highlighting the urgent need for conservation. The Alliance suggests creating a Liffey Valley Park modelled on the successful Lagan Valley Regional Park to enhance recreation and support salmon recovery.
Office of the Planning Regulator St Edmundsbury is valued for far more than its natural beauty and development potential. It is an important part of the Liffey Valley, supporting wildlife, helping to protect the floodplain and preserving one of the few remaining open riverside landscapes in the area.
Public access to a smaller area cannot compensate for the loss of that wider landscape. Inland Fisheries Ireland recently published its annual salmon count for 2025. It recorded only 272 passing the Leixlip Dam over the entire year. Salmon numbers were in the thousands a few decades ago.
Loneliness at college: ‘Even though I have friends I still feel lonely, which is interesting’The Liffey Valley Park Alliance is calling on the Government and local authorities to implement the 2006 Liffey Valley Park Strategic Plan. The creation of a Liffey Valley Park, similar to the successful Lagan Valley Regional Park, would help protect St Edmundsbury and its unique landscape while providing greater opportunities for recreation and enjoyment of the natural environment.
The Government must preserve the Liffey Valley and in doing so it will support the salmon recovery along the river Liffey. – Yours, etc,A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’A tale of two Shannons: ‘Housing estate after housing estate and the lights go out at 9’Euro area inflation jumps to 3.3%, paving way for ECB rate hike
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