The Liffey: Source to Sea

Dublin Port: Out on the balcony the view is incredible, despite the fog. Beneath us, the river Liffey meets the sea

A 40-year veteran of the Liffey Swim says climate change and a growing population in Greater Dublin Area have changed conditions on the river

The designers of the city boardwalk, now almost a quarter-century old, are ‘dead proud’ of a project that has become part of Dublin’s identity

This year, for the first time in its history, the famous canoe race moved to May to ensure water levels were high enough

Rowing was a way of getting outside ‘comfort zone’, says Bríd Leahy, after she spotted boats on the Liffey while training for a marathon in the Phoenix Park

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Reopening the only Liffey crossing between Lucan and Chapelizod, a distance of 8.5km, could be the catalyst for a new Liffey Valley park

Ambitious plans by semi-state transport company CIE to build new 1,000 apartments at Heuston Station in Dublin would draw in residents from surrounding areas with new bridges crossing the river

Intel takes in about 660m litres of water a month - the equivalent of 264 Olympic-sized swimming pools - from the river for its chipmaking facility in Co Kildare

In 2002, 1,000 homes in East Wall and Clontarf were flooded when the Liffey rose by more than one-metre, a record high

Deterioration of landscape and urban run-off putting heaping strain on river system

How great it would be for the wellbeing of both people and animals to be foregrounded in the river’s future

The Poulaphouca Reservoir in Co Wicklow, which supplies an estimated 50 per cent of Dublin’s drinking water, is at huge risk from pollution

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As part of a new feature series, Frank McNally boldly fails where many experts have failed before