The Dublin Angling Initiative (DAI) is, in my opinion, the greatest innovative project ever to come on the scene in relation to promoting angling to the younger generation. Since its inception some 18 years ago, hundreds, indeed thousands of teenagers have received a thorough grounding in all aspects of angling. Surely, that is something they will never forget.

Established in 1995 under the auspices of the Central Fisheries Board (now Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI)), the initiative continues to grow in stature and is now firmly established and acknowledged as spearheading the drive to bring young people into the sport in the inner and greater Dublin area…..

Irish Times 04/11/2013 Read the article ‘Victory at Aughrim for Mulhuddart – and the Dublin Angling Initiative’

Winners all: The Mulhuddart Youth Project team in Aughrim, from left: Ross Byrne, Reece Geoghegan, Bernie Moloney (youth officer), Eden Moore and Ciarán Kelly. On left is DAI’s Des Chew and Josie Mahon (right)
Winners all: The Mulhuddart Youth Project team in Aughrim, from left: Ross Byrne, Reece Geoghegan, Bernie Moloney (youth officer), Eden Moore and Ciarán Kelly. On left is DAI’s Des Chew and Josie Mahon (right)