Dairy
Prof. Frank O'Mara has told a major conference on water quality that clean water is "a cornerstone of...the rural landscapes".
Environment
Local authorities must carry out more farm inspections and follow-up enforcement, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Rural Life
Sligo County Council has notified landowners and farmers within certain river catchment areas of upcoming agricultural inspections.
It is "clear" that all stakeholders including farmers "need to redouble their efforts" to protect...
A coalition of environmental organisations urged the government to implement "stronger, more urgent measures" to restore Ireland’s waterways.
Concentrations of nitrates decreased in 39% of river sites over the period 2019 to 2024, but nitrate levels are "too high" in 44% of sites.
New research prepared for the EPA has found that financial schemes are needed as part of ensuring sustainable healthy peatlands
The report this week from the EPA into urban wastewater treatment has "made for very grim reading", the ICMSA has said.
59% of Ireland's urban water treatment plants failed to consistently meet standards set out in in their licences for water discharge.
The government has been urged to take "the blinkers off" and prepare for a future without the nitrates derogation by the Social Democrats.
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Our reporter Aisling O’Brien asked Micheál Martin if he has any concerns regarding Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent report on nitrates derogation at the National Ploughing Championships 2025.
The EPA has voiced concern after new data showed a sharp rise in nitrogen concentrations across Ireland’s major rivers
New data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "speaks to the need to double down on the...
On our live panel, we heard from experts Jenny Deakin from Enviromental Protection Agency, Mairead Whitty from the Local Authority Waters Programme, and senior inspector at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine Ted Massey on our panel at the National Ploughing Championships 2025.
The EPA has reported that average nitrogen concentrations across 20 'representative sites' increased by 16% in the first half of the year.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is planning to expand collections of farm hazardous waste.
People urged "not to speculate" on the potential causes of the fish kill in the River Blackwater, Co Cork by minister.
North Cork Creameries has said there is nothing "in the wastewater effluent outflow" from its facility that could have caused a fish kill.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found North Cork Co-Op Creameries to be "non-compliant" with its discharge licence.
The EPA has today (Thursday, August 28) published a mid-term report on Ireland's National Hazardous Waste Management Plan 2021-2027.
The main barriers to sustainable farming in Ireland are practical and social factors, rather than ideological, new research has highlighted.
The EPA has said that "no causal link" has been found between milk processing activity and a major fish kill in the River Blackwater.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published updated evidence to support the targeting...
