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'Treated like a dump and cess pit' - Environmentalists carry coffin to Ireland's largest lake

Environmentalists have held a wake to mark the “death” of the UK and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake as they accused polluters of causing a huge bloom of toxic blue-green algae. Activists dressed in black and carried a makeshift coffin to the ...

18 Sept 2023 at 16:59

Northern Ireland

Project to boost Rathlin corncrake among those receiving biodiversity funding

A project aimed at helping to boost the number of rare corncrake birds on Rathlin Island is among those receiving 40 million euro (£33.7 million) of funding. The Peaceplus funding has been awarded to projects designed to assist biodiversity ...

01 Jun 2025 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Call for water rates to be considered by Stormont to help algae-hit Lough Neagh

The introduction of water rates in Northern Ireland could be the key to addressing crumbling waste water infrastructure and the impact on waterways, it has been suggested. It comes as the Stormont Executive works to halt an environmental ...

31 Dec 2024 at 12:08

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Kildare woman conquers epic swim

A Rathangan woman recently took on the might of Lough Neagh, completing an epic 10-hour open water relay swim with three fellow adventurers to cross the largest lake in the British Isles. Mary Bolger Hinds, who lives in Tannary Wharf, ...

20 Sept 2016 at 16:19

Northern Ireland

Lough Neagh algae blight is significant crisis for all Ireland, says McDonald

Lough Neagh is a “very significant crisis” for the whole island of Ireland, Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has said. The lough, which is the UK and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake by surface area, was this year blighted by ...

03 Nov 2025 at 16:09

Northern Ireland

Vigilance urged as quagga mussel discovered for first time in NI

The discovery of an invasive species of mussel for the first time in Northern Ireland will add further pressure to the “beleaguered” freshwater system, Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said. The first confirmed case of the ...

15 Dec 2025 at 16:43

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