The Northern Ireland Executive is yet to make a decision on an environmental improvement plan that could help Lough Neagh, that its had since March. Environment minister Andrew Muir says he has ...
The Northern Ireland Executive is yet to make a decision on an environmental improvement plan that could help Lough Neagh, that its had since March. Environment minister Andrew Muir says he has "been ...
Toxic blue-green algae in Lough Neagh has potentially begun to wake up again already, with two confirmed reports since the start of 2024. Last summer, it brought the largest freshwater lake in ...
Stormont’s Environment Minister has asked officials to reallocate resources within his department to ensure prioritisation of efforts to tackle environmental problems in Lough Neagh. Andrew Muir ...
The money allocated by Stormont to address ecological problems on Lough Neagh “will not touch the sides” of what is needed, an environmental academic has said. Last year the Lough was besieged ...
First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said Stormont is determined to do everything it can to protect Lough Neagh. Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said protecting the lough was a ...
Andrew Muir spoke out during a visit to the lough with First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.
A major bloom of the blue green algae which contaminated Lough Neagh last summer is “not even highly likely, it’s inevitable”, Friends of the Earth has warned. Its Northern Ireland director ...
Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the United Kingdom. It has a surface area of over 150 square miles and supplies 40% of Northern Ireland's water.
More than 30 trees have been felled along the banks of the River Blackwater on the Co Armagh and Co Tyrone border. The huge freshwater lake in the centre of Northern Ireland was beset by noxious ...
A motion calling for an “ecological and biodiversity crisis” to be declared in Northern Ireland has been passed by the NI Assembly. It was tabled by the opposition Social Democratic and Labour ...