Environment
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is to provide more than €1 million to support healthy habitats for fish in rivers nationwide in 2026.
N.Ireland
With one of the driest springs on record and little rain in recent months, Ballinderry Rivers...
An Taisce has welcomed an EPA report showing there was a 10% national reduction in river nitrate concentrations during 2024.
Rural Life
SWAN and the Rivers Trust are raising the alarm over a government plan that would make it easier to damage hundreds of rivers and lakes.
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has launched a new funding scheme to help remove or mitigate man-made barriers to fish passage.
Two years after a major fish kill on the Ballymacraven river, the Ennistymon Rivers Festival (May 4-6) is celebrating community resilience.
Forestry
Coillte and Inland Fisheries Ireland have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to foster deeper collaboration between the two bodies.
The Green Party has welcomed the latest EPA Early Insights Nitrogen Indicator report which detailed a reduction in levels in 20 rivers.
The European Commission has reportedly invested €4.6 million in the development of a new multi-sensor platform to detect toxins in water.
No lake water or transitional/coastal water bodies in Northern Ireland achieved high ecological status in 2024, according to DAERA
New EPA report shows "nitrogen concentrations" in major rivers have "reduced in the first half of 2024 relative to other years".
Agri Politics
The IFA said that the latest water action plan demonstrates the scale of work underway in agriculture to improve water quality.
The Water Forum has welcomed the inclusion of its recommendations in the third River Basin...
Minister of State Malcolm Noonan has today launched the ‘Water Action Plan 2024: Ireland’s third River Basin Management Plan’.
Herbicide use in farming and urban areas may not be the dominant source of glyphosate in European rivers, a German university study said.
The majority of rivers in Ireland scored a rating of "good or high" ecological status between 2016 to 2021, according to a new report.
Farmers have been advised to find out the water quality status of their local rivers to mitigate mineral losses to waters.
Waterways Ireland should have more of a role in "monitoring" water quality, including in rivers, according to People Before Profit TD.
It was announced that the reintroduction of the first Osprey chicks would take place in July 2023 in Ireland, a project led by the NPWS.
Farmers across the country are being encouraged to follow a 6-point plan in order to reduce the risk of polluting waterways.
