Planting more hedges, plants and trees will reduce human exposure to harmful airborne pollution by 50%, according to a ground-breaking project undertaken by…
A farmer has been fined for allowing farm effluent to enter a waterway causing local pollution, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment…
LacPatrick Dairies’ Northern Ireland arm was today fined £5,000 at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court after it pleaded guilty to releasing polluting discharge from an…
A farmer was fined for causing pollution to a river in Co. Armagh earlier today, according to Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and…
State agencies, such as Inland Fisheries Ireland, need to work with farmers to safeguard Ireland’s aquatic environment, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Environment Chairman,…
Two farmers in Northern Ireland have been fined for polluting waterways, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). One…
A farmer from Co. Antrim was recently convicted and fined £750 (€867) at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for polluting a waterway. An Offender’s Levy of £15…
Farmers are being advised to be conscious that some of the worst waterways pollution happens over the summer months. Alan Morrow, Countryside Management…
