Environment
497,000 people were served by 45 "at-risk" public drinking water supplies in 2024, according to the...
66 pesticide exceedances were detected in public drinking water supplies in Ireland last year, ...
20% of septic tanks across the country were not desludged in the past five years, according to the findings of new research.
Rural Life
Uisce Éireann has welcomed the removal of a further 25,763 customers in eight water supplies...
An on-the-spot device to test water for one of the most dangerous types of bacteria has been developed by researchers at University of Galway.
The number of people served by “at risk” public water supplies in 2023 stood at 561,000, according to the EPA.
Uisce Éireann is taking "concerted action" to address exceedances of toxic chemicals in 25 public drinking water supplies around the country.
Thousands of people on private drinking water supplies in rural Ireland were exposed to E.coli last year, according to the EPA.
N.Ireland
The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) report for 2022 has once again found drinking water quality in Northern Ireland is of a high standard.
A number of Men's Sheds across Co. Mayo have teamed up with the local group water scheme to protect water quality and biodiversity.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said that one in 20 private drinking water supplies...
There were 47 exceedences of pesticides in public drinking water supplies throughout Ireland in 2021, according to recent findings.
The Department of Public Health Mid-West has revealed that there has been a cryptosporidium...
The Environmental Protection Agency's report shows that 33 locations failed to meet the required pesticides standard last year.
'Serious questions' need to be asked after it emerged there are elevated levels of pesticide in the west Limerick water supply.
Tillage
A watercourse is not just what appears on your BPS map, according to James Caplis of the Department of Agriculture.
Beef
Pesticide regulations are often associated with tillage farmers. However, exceedances of pesticides are a very different story.
