Pollution

Public shows support for £50,000 pollution fine

The vast majority of respondents to a DAERA consultation believe fines for water pollution should be increased.

NORTHERN IRELAND 15 April 2026

Public shows support for £50,000 pollution fine

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Lough Neagh legal case taken against DAERA

Lough Neagh legal case taken against DAERA

NORTHERN IRELAND 25 March 2026

Muir keen to end 'bye-ball' for NI Water

Muir keen to end 'bye-ball' for NI Water

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 March 2026

State agencies 'responded quickly' to Blackwater fish kill - report

State agencies 'responded quickly' to Blackwater fish kill - report

State agencies 'responded quickly' to Blackwater fish kill - report

NEWS 16 February 2026

Bergin claims 'tide turning' on compliance as rule breakers get 'no sympathy'

Bergin claims 'tide turning' on compliance as rule breakers get 'no sympathy'

Bergin claims 'tide turning' on compliance as rule breakers get 'no sympathy'

NEWS 19 January 2026

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How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

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 9 October 2025

Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

Uisce Éireann convicted and fined over river pollution

Uisce Éireann was found to have committed pollution breaches relating to the Balla wastewater treatment plant, Co Mayo, and must now pay €3,165 in connection with the case.

NEWS 9 October 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

If pollution being caused by others is not properly attributed, it is laid at the door of farming by default. So highlighting failures in identification of pollution sources is valid.

OPINION 9 October 2025

How farming was unfairly blamed for pollution for years in Waterford

How farming was unfairly blamed for pollution for years in Waterford

Despite an awareness among many agencies that there was a problem with wastewater pollution in Bunmahon, the Bathing Water Profile failed to highlight this threat, leaving farming to take the blame.

NEWS 9 October 2025

Lough Sheelin fish kill caused by low oxygen levels – report

Lough Sheelin fish kill caused by low oxygen levels – report

Inland Fisheries Ireland publishes Lough Sheelin fish kill investigation reports following the incident last July.

NEWS 9 October 2025

'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 9 October 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 9 October 2025

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