Pollution

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

Tirlán supplier Séamus Brennan is in derogation and using the Farming for Water EIP to draw down funding to create new water quality measures on his land.

NEWS 29 December 2025

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

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Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

NEWS 13 December 2025

Opinion: farming needs to own its own issues, but can't accept blame for others

Opinion: farming needs to own its own issues, but can't accept blame for others

OPINION 29 November 2025

How farming was unfairly blamed for pollution for years in Waterford

How farming was unfairly blamed for pollution for years in Waterford

How farming was unfairly blamed for pollution for years in Waterford

NEWS 26 November 2025

Lough Sheelin fish kill caused by low oxygen levels – report

Lough Sheelin fish kill caused by low oxygen levels – report

Lough Sheelin fish kill caused by low oxygen levels – report

NEWS 25 November 2025

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'We will bring the people to the streets of Dublin'

'We will bring the people to the streets of Dublin'

Sewage and inadequate wastewater treatment caused palpable anger among farmers at the IFA nitrates meeting.

NEWS 30 July 2025

Half of Uisce Éireann's wastewater treatments plants fail to meet standard

Half of Uisce Éireann's wastewater treatments plants fail to meet standard

Stark figures from the Environmental Protection Agency reveal how Ireland's wastewater treatment plants are harming water quality in rivers, estuaries, lakes and coastal waters.

NEWS 30 July 2025

‘Shift away from solid fuel burning’ needed to boost air quality - EPA

‘Shift away from solid fuel burning’ needed to boost air quality - EPA

The EPA has said that while Ireland's air quality is generally good, there are around 1,700 premature deaths caused by air pollution each year.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 30 July 2025

Colm McCarthy: carbon emissions calculations

Colm McCarthy: carbon emissions calculations

The measurement of each nation’s carbon emissions is problematic – if based on the location of production.

VIEWPOINTS 30 July 2025

Hedges and nitrates cause most penalties

Hedges and nitrates cause most penalties

Prior to 2023, rules relating to cattle tags and registration rules were consistently the main cause of cross compliance penalties in Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 30 July 2025

UCC researchers develop new ammonia sensor

UCC researchers develop new ammonia sensor

The new silicon nanowire sensor developed offers an alternative to current technologies such as spectroscopic techniques which UCC said can be “expensive, bulky, and impractical".

EU 30 July 2025

Four key derogation dates for Irish farmers

Four key derogation dates for Irish farmers

Officials in Brussels will examine Ireland's case for a new nitrates derogation at four meetings in 2025, Caitríona Morrissey reports

NEWS 30 July 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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