EPA report raises concerns for Donegal shellfish industry
There are serious concerns for the shellfish industry in light of the concerns raised by a new Environmental Protection Agency report today. It reveals that raw sewage continues to pour into waterways and the sea around the country and that Donegal in fact along with Cork accounts for half of…
Work still to be done to improve drinking water quality
Donegal remains one of the counties which has the highest number of public water supplies in need of improvement. Of 33 supplies in the county originally on a list for remedial work, 12 were still on the list at the end of last year. The latest update on drinking water…
IFA critical of duplication in monitoring water quality
IFA’s Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney has called for State agencies, such as Inland Fisheries Ireland, to work with farmers to safeguard our aquatic environment. Thomas Cooney says the plethora of agencies that duplicate water monitoring and evaluation must end. He says agencies such as the Department of Agriculture, the Department…
EPA concerned over ‘repeated delays’ to building of new Grange sewerage plant
The Environmental Protection Agency is concerned with what it describes as ‘repeated delays’ in starting construction on a much-needed new sewerage plant in Grange in North Sligo. A contract for the design, building and operation of the plant, as well as plants in Tubbercurry, Strandhill and Ballinafad, is not now…
EPA says drop in grade for Mullaghamore ‘no cause for concern’
Mullaghamore beach in county Sligo has dropped a grade in the EPA’s quality report on water quality published today. The study monitors the quality of bathing water in coastal and inland waterways. Mullaghmore has dropped from its ususal ‘excellent’ standard down to just ‘good’ this year. Enniscrone is the only…
Donegal has highest number of areas with sewage being pumped to sea
A quarter of the areas around the country where raw sewage is being pumped into the sea are in Donegal. That’s according to the EPA which has released it’s annual report on ‘Urban Waste Water Discharges in Ireland’ today. 12 of the 43 areas where untreated effluent from toilets is…
EPA: More urgent action needed to prevent raw sewage being pumped into sea
‘Significant funding is required for waste water treatment if pollution and health risks to be avoided’. That’s according to the EPA who have issued a new report highlighting once again that raw sewerage is continuing to be pumped into the sea at 43 towns and cities around the country. A…