14 July 2021 ‘Urgent and targeted action’ is needed to reduce nitrogen pollution in our waters, an EPA report has warned. The EPA Water Quality In 2020 published assessed the quality of Ireland’s waters and found they continue to be under pressure from human activities. High levels of nutrients, like Read more…
2 February 2021 Over the past couple of months, you might have heard quite a bit about water abstraction. So what exactly is it, why is it important, and why are we hearing lots about it? We wanted to find out – so we called up Dr. Elaine McGoff from Read more…
April 19th, 2018 The Government’s River Basin Management Plan has drawn a criticism from a network of environmental NGOs concerned with water issues and the Green Party. The Plan, launched earlier this week following lengthy delays, falls short of what is needed to protect our waters, according to the Sustainable Read more…
August 31, 2017 Anglers and waterway-enthusiasts have been raising the alarm for decades. Whether we really listened while they talked is a moot point. Either way, it is now official – the quality of Ireland’s rivers has witnessed a “continued and unwelcome decline” since the late 1980s. This is the finding Read more…
June 3rd, 2016 Discussions about environmental conservation typically center around issues like biodiversity loss, soil degradation or deforestation as a result of human activity. Much less frequently heard about, but no less important, is the world under the sea, where many invaluable ecosystems and ecological services occur in relative obscurity. Irish Read more…