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Cave Leader Training
SUI is proposing to run a Cave Leader Training programme in 2011/12
The first weekend is planned for Saturday 10th December and Sunday 11th December
A second weekend will be held in early 2012
To be eligable you must hold a BCL and be a current member of SUI
Please contact the SUI Training Coordinator on info@caving.ie if you are interested in a place on this course
Places will be limited to six participants
Sponsors of SUICRO 2011
Big thank you to all the sponsors of SUICRO 2011. Your generosity help us raise over €800 for the raffle!
• Aillwee Cave, Ballyvaughan
• Access Rescue Consulting at Height (ARCH), Eoghan Lynch
• Backwest Adventures, Bell Harbour
• Boat Shed Brewery, Ballyvaughan
• Bisun lights, UK
• DIY Pursuits, Kinvara
• Great Outdoors, Dublin
• Handknittedpottery, UK
• Hotel Doolin, Doolin
• Inglesport, Ingleton
• McDermots, Doolin
• McGanns, Doolin
• O’Connors, Doolin
• Robbie Shone Photography
• Rope Access Specialists, Tim and Pam Fogg
• The Rock Shop, Liscannor
• Starless River
• SUI
• University of Bristol Spelaeological Society (UBSS), UK
• Venture Out, Ennis
End of SUICRO 2011
A big thanks to all of you who made the journey to Doolin for this years SUICRO. €1760 was raised for ICRO between t-shirts, raffle tickets and the quiz. There are still some t-shirts left in various sizes so contact info@caving.ie if you missed out on one. A special thanks goes to all the kids who helped sell everything on Saturday night, you did a far better job than I could have!
Thanks to all the speakers for interesting talks, to Robbie Shone for his insight into cave photography in Aillwee cave, Colin Bunce for finding funny rocks on his fieldtrip, Tim for the SRT race and of course the many people that kindly donated prizes for the monster raffle on Saturday night.
I would also like to thank the hotel staff for being on hand to our every whim all weekend and providing Guinness late into the night! See you all next year at the Shannon Group’s festivities!
SUICO 2011 Organising people
Rockfall in Shnnon Cave
Please be aware that there has been major movement in Shannon cave which appears to affect at least 300 m of cave. From the re-birth canal right down to at least the old entrance large rock fall has been noted. It is not known what has caused this movement though it appears it is not flooding related (a number of stal were broken in fossil parts of the cave). Large fractures have also been spotted in parts of the walls.
It is advisable that people stay out of Shannon cave until a proper assessment is made.




SUI Fracking Statement
“Hydraulic fracturing is a technique for recovering gas from relatively impermeable rocks such as shale. It involves pumping water containing sand and chemicals into boreholes at high pressure causing them to fracture and so increase their permeability. SUI is concerned that if hydraulic fracturing is carried out near karst areas it will impact groundwater, hydrology and cave environments. SUI will therefore use the planning process to object to any proposed drilling that may detrimentally impact sites of speleological interest within Ireland if needed.”
Additional Information on Fracking is available for download.