EPA report notes issues with bathing water quality at Mullaghmore beach
Nearly three quarters of Ireland’s bathing waters are of ‘Excellent’ quality. A new Environmental Protection Agency report for 2017 has found seven beaches across the country had ‘poor’ quality water but these are mainly in the urban areas of Dublin and Galway. Sligo’s beaches have been deemed mainly ‘excellent’ apart…
Raw sewage still going into the water in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim
The south Donegal area remains a blackspot for discharging raw sewerage back into the environment according to a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency. The new report found waste water treatment in over a quarter of Ireland’s large towns and cities is below public health standards. Untreated sewerage is…
Report finds fracking can go ahead but subject to strict guidelines
A new report on the impact of fracking in Ireland has concluded that the controversial practice CAN go ahead on the island of Ireland. However, best practice guidelines should firstly be carefully drawn up by governments north and south of the border to address concerns around pollution. Today’s long-awaited report…
Good Energies Alliance: Any future fracking studies need to focus on health
The Good Energies Alliance says it’s ‘unlikely’ a second phase of a fracking study will be carried out and that any future reports should examine the health implications of the process. Dr. Aideen McLoughlin a spokesperson for the Alliance which opposes fracking says they welcome the fact that the study…
Unclear if second phase of EPA study to go ahead
It’s unclear yet as to whether the second phase of a key study into fracking in Ireland will go ahead. The first phase of the study commissioned in 2011 by the then Minister for Communications and Natural resources Pat Rabitte was suspended indefinitely in January (2016). It followed some controversy…