Pollution

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

Farmers have been warned by the chair of Better Farming for Water's steering group that they will get no sympathy if they break the rules intended to safeguard water quality.

NEWS 19 January 2026

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

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How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

How this Laois derogation farmer is helping water quality

NEWS 29 December 2025

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: 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

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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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 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 1 August 2025

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

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