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Climate and environment
'Not feasible' to put date on Uisce Éireann wastewater compliance with law
Amy Forde
Over half of licensed treatment plants discharge wastewater that does not always meet the standards set in wastewater discharge licences to protect the environment, an EPA found last week.
18 October 2024 News
Uisce Éireann ordered to pay over €6,000 for pollution of Sligo river
Uisce Éireann has been prosecuted following the discharge of poorly treated sewage into the Owengarve River.
14 October 2024 News
Tipperary Co-op ordered in court to pay €7,170 for River Ara pollution
Tipperary Co-op was found to have permitted or caused a harmful a discharge into the River Ara near Tipperary town.
'No plans' to stop rural dwellers burning turf - Department
Rural dwellers will still be able to burn turf as a form of solid fuel.
12 October 2024 News
Drennan hits out at ‘double standards’ on water pollution
ICMSA president claims that the State and Uisce Éireann have adopted a 'sure these things happen' attitude to water pollution incidents.
11 October 2024 News
Wastewater discharges a significant pressure on water quality – EPA
The EPA has said that two decades is too long to wait to fix Ireland’s deficient wastewater treatment plants.
11 October 2024 Climate and environment
No quick fixes for algae blooms in Lough Neagh
Solving the problem issue of algae blooms in Lough Neagh will be a long term process.
18 September 2024 Northern Ireland
‘No specific factors’ found to have caused Sligo fish kill
The report separately noted that ammonia levels in the effluent discharge of the Ballysadare wastewater treatment plant exceeded licence limits in recent years and for some periods in 2024.
16 September 2024 Climate and environment
Implementation key to reversing declining water quality - water forum
It comes after the Department of Housing published its third river basin management plan.
5 September 2024 News
Total farm penalties rise again in NI
Rules related to nitrates has overtaken cattle ID as the most common cause of farm penalties in Northern Ireland. Peter McCann reports.
28 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Minister commits to review Dan Brennan's farm files
There is to be a fresh assessment of the case sought by the Minister for Agriculture.
10 July 2024 News
Scope of review critical to any relook of Brennan’s farm case - IFA
The farm came to prominence nationally after its herd saw seemingly unexplained bone deformations which an official investigation claimed were not linked to a local brick factory.
5 July 2024 News