The South West Dive Rally 2025, May 17th / 18th Knightstown, Valentia Island.

Join @kerrysubaqua for what promises to be another exciting festival of diving / freediving in the Kingdom. Catch up with friends, experience the fantastic diving Kerry has to offer, take part in their underwater photography competition and attend some of the fantastic guest speakers over the weekend.

Rooms are filling up quickly so call the Royal Hotel Valentia for discounted rates for Divers attending the weekend.

The Southwest dive rally is now up on just go. Tickets can be purchased for the event in advance of the 17th / 18th of May. EV001558. Click the link in our bio for tickets or visit Just Go.

Get in touch with Inbhear Sceine Kerry Sub Aqua Club if you have any more questions about the weekend.

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Your 2025 / 2026 Diving Ireland Board of Directors

* President: Paddy Lambe
* Vice President (Membership): Helen Buckley Murphy
* Secretary: Mairead Hennessy
* Treasurer: Nicoleta Lítiou
* National Diving Officer: Dom Traynor
* National Children’s / Youth Officer: Alison Gaffney
* National Snorkel Officer: Phil Walker
* Vice President of Communications: Conor Meyler
* Marine Protection Director: Stéphane Portrait
* Underwater Sports Officer: Paul Stratan
* Ordinary Director: Sarah Staunton
* Independent Director: Louise Gilligan

Your office staff:
* Operations Manager: Amado Hidalgo
* Admin Staff: Sarah Campbell
* Sports Development Officer: Eva Salerno
* Accountant: Breda Keogh

A big thank you to all the out going board of directors for all their hard work to keep our organisation functioning.

What an amazing @diveirelandexpo hosted by @loughdergsac. Plenty of great exhibitors, speakers and forms. Hosting the Diving Ireland Expo is no easy task so a big thank you again to all the volunteers from @loughdergsac.

It was amazing to see all our members in one place, talking all things scuba diving, snorkelling, underwater hockey and freediving.

As always there was plenty of feedback from our members and we look forward to working on your feedback for the better of Diving Ireland.

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We are all set for this years @diveirelandexpo

Come find us this weekend in the Abbeycourt Hotel Nenagh.

Logbooks
Dive tables
Annual logbook certs
Cert request forms

We have all things Diving Ireland!

Plus this year we have John our national search and recovery coordinator talking about the amazing work our S&R clubs do for their local communities.

If you are a lover of underwater sports it’s an event not to be missed!

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We are very excited for the @diveirelandexpo that is taking place this Saturday and Sunday on the 29th and 30th of March. The Expo will be hosted in the Abbeycourt Hotel.

For anyone that hasn’t been to the Expo before, it’s a great place for all things scuba diving, snorkelling, underwater hockey and freediving.

There will be a number of exhibitors selling all things you need for your underwater adventures and some fantastic speakers sharing their stories and experiences of the great blue ocean.

There will also be a number of Diving Ireland talks, forms and our Annual General Meeting.

It’s an event not to be missed!

Follow @diveirelandexpo and @loughdergsac for more information. Tickets can be bought online or on the day at the Abbeycourt hotel.

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Diving Ireland were delighted to support St Oliver Plunkett BNS in their First Lego League Innovation Project. Diving Ireland advised the school about Irish corals which they incorporated into their project.

They participated in the competition last week and are delighted to announce that they won the Innovative Project Award and came second overall in the competition. As a result of this Team Coral Kids are on their way to the First Lego League All Ireland Finals.

This is a huge result for the team. They have been so passionate about their project from the beginning and put a huge amount of work into it.

Congratulations to all.

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January display in local library ahead of @diveirelandexpo 2025

The January exhibition at Nenagh Library is an intriguing collection of underwater photographs taken by divers.
The photographs feature a wide and captivating array of marine life pictured around Ireland and abroad. This collection was on display at last year’s Diving Ireland Expo, the national scuba-diving and associated watersports annual convention, which was held at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin.

This year’s Diving Ireland Expo will be held in Nenagh, hosted by the local @loughdergsac . The photography exhibition now on display in Nenagh Library serves to whet the appetite for the upcoming event. All are welcome to come and marvel at the images captured by the Diving Ireland underwater photography group, which was set up 15 years ago for Irish underwater photographers to share their expertise and encourage those new to taking underwater pictures. The group has grown to include many international photographers. Knowledge is shared for technical equipment, camera settings and, when requested, constructive critique of images taken. The travelling exhibition showcases the group’s work and passion for documenting the underwater world.
Come and see the exhibition in Nenagh, free of charge, during library opening hours - Monday, 9.30am - 5.30pm; Tuesday, 9.30am - 8pm; Wednesday, 9.30am - 5.30pm; Thursday, 9.30pm - 5.30pm; Friday, 9.30am - 1pm and 2 - 5pm and Saturday, 10am - 1pm and 2 - 5pm.

A new photography exhibition will form part of Diving Ireland Expo 2025, which will be held at the Abbey Court Hotel over the weekend of March 29-30.

The expo also features a raffle with some fantastic prizes to be won - tickets are currently in circulation and can be obtained from Lough Derg SAC members.
For further details, visit the website divingirelandexpo.ie and check out @diveirelandexpo on Facebook, Instagram and X.

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