This weekend, the west of Ireland becomes the centre of the kayaking world as GalwayFest, now one of the largest kayaking festivals on the international calendar, returns for its 13th year, running from the 6th to the 8th of March.

Twenty years ago, Irish Whitewater started with a simple idea: Ireland has brilliant rivers, and paddlers deserve a proper place to find and share information about them. Back in 2006, a lot of that knowledge lived in people's heads or …

Paddlefest 2013 will be run on the 6th and 7th April 2013 from The HUB, Cillin Hill, Kilkenny.

The event will be focused on providing workshops across a broad range of disciplines and key development areas. The workshops will be …