On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:26:20 -0000, "Neil Arlidge" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Also a bit of a warped report if they did not mention the funding of ALL of >the Irish canals, instead of just the SEW? >After all, the Grand Canal / Royal Canal / Barrow Navigation are probably >the most similar canals to the English / Welsh ones. >100% state funded...15% by Northern Ireland, which I believe is still part >of the UK, that does not seem to care a £$%% about the canals on the "Big" >island of the UK/British Isles. Tut tut: mustn't exaggerate. Waterways Ireland is not 100% funded by the state ... only 99%! There is a small amount of "operating income" (lock fees etc). Accounts available on http://www.waterwaysireland.org/index.cfm/section/article/page/CorporatePublications bjg
