On August 11th last, up to 40,000 fish died in the River Blackwater and the River Clyda in the Mallow area.

Ireland will not meet its EU Effort Sharing Regulation target of 42 per cent reduction by 2030, instead a maximum reduction of 22 per cent is projected.

Over half of septic tank inspections failed in 2024, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The director of the EPA office of evidence and assessment, Dr Eimear Cotter, said the agency was 'happy to bring a positive news on our bathing water for 2024.'

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report found that 54% of the total population living in the urban area of Cork, or 118,700 people, were exposed to road traffic noise above the 53dB WHO guideline level.

The three core aims of the River Basin Management plan are to reduce and prevent pollution, to let more rivers run free and restore their natural ecosystem functions, and continued investment in water infrastructure.

The notices are due to urban wastewater stormwater overflows posing a risk of pollution to bathing water quality at the beaches and are expected to last five days.

Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to pooer mental health in older people, according to research published on Monday

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report also revealed 35,866 people in the county were affected by boil water notices last year.

The annual EPA report on drinking water showed there was 561,000 people using "at risk" water supplies in 2023, an increase from 481,000 in 2022

The EPA said this presents a “significant opportunity” for householders to fix their septic tanks and resolve open advisory notices.

A water treatment plant in and around the east Clare village of O’Brien’s Bridge had distributed inadequately disinfected water for a full year

The EPA said the council had been unable to demonstrate that it had complied with key requirements of its statutory functions

Households and businesses are still putting the majority of their waste in the wrong bin, the EPA said

Ireland generated 1.2 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2021

A report found human activities are causing excess levels of nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen in waterways

The High Court heard the project is now 95 per cent complete and has received more than €100 million investment

Darragh O'Brien announced on Wednesday that the new regulations will come into effect this month. 

Even though Michelle Hayes got an order protecting her from having to pay the other side's costs, she also wanted the taxpayer to pay her own costs, Mr Justice Michael Twomey said.

Tony Dean (70) of Woodhaven, Milltown, Dublin was found guilty last month by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

In May, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPaA) secured an injunctive order on a 26-hectare area of bogland against Harte Peat Limited

It has admitted eight counts of breaching the terms of its licence in connection with levels of ammonia and orthophosphate from a wastewater treatment plant in Boherbue, in Co Cork

One in 20 private water supplies fails to meet E. coli standards

The Environmental Protection Agency said that local authorities ‘must target farm inspections’ in certain areas.

Tony Dean (70) of Woodhaven, Milltown, Dublin was found guilty by a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Monday of offences contrary to the Waste Management Act, 1996.

The Environmental Protection Agency says Ireland has failed to comply with the required standards since 2005

The agency said water quality in Ireland 'is not as good as it should be'

Irish Water has been strongly criticised in a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency said Ireland's air quality is generally good but raised concern over localised issues

Figures from the Central Statistics Office show Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions were 61.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2021.

The Government is currently mulling over which targets to reduce emissions will be assigned to each key sector of the Irish economy.

The Environmental Protection Agency said emissions from the energy industries rose by 17.6 per cent last year, driven by a tripling of coal and oil use for electricity generation

Background noises at the site reached twice the permitted levels when tested by inspectors from the Environmental Protection Agency, Judge Anthony Halpin heard

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prosecuted it for failing to comply with emissions laws through undue delays in repairs to equipment after leakages of fluorinated greenhouse gases.