Sligo Beaches will help attract domestic tourists
The news that a recent EPA report has described the bathing water quality at three out of Sligo’s five beaches as excellent will prove to be a significant boost to the local tourism sector post the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s according to a local Sligo Councillor. The three…
More farm inspections on the way
Farmers in the North West are being warned of a rise in Council inspections on farms. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has urged all local authorities to increase the number of farm inspections they carry out every year due to fall of 673 inspections last year figure. The local authority…
Leitrim County Council requested to provide further information on failed septic tanks in the county
Leitrim County Council were requested to provide further information on septic tank and waste water inspections in the county over the past two years. Recent Environmental Protection Agency Figures have confirmed that 35 out of 56 septic tank and waste water inspections in Leitrim have failed. Of those 35, only…
Donegal County Council says programme doesn’t reflect in full work being done to tackle illegal waste
Donegal County Council says that it does not feel that the metric used in an RTE programme last night in terms of expenditure on waste regulation represents accurately the work being done to tackle illegal waste sites in the county. Donegal County Council has issued a statement this evening to…
EPA says tackling illegal waste sites and dumping ‘a priority’ for all Authorities
The Environment Protection Agency says addressing illegal dumping and unauthorised waste sites is a priority for them this year. The EPA has a waste licencing remit and has responded to further queries from Ocean FM following the revelations in last night’s RTE Investigates programme. It uncovered a large illegal dump…
Council says lack of staff impacting environmental enforcement
Sligo County Council says staffing and resource issues have led to reduced enforcement of environmental standards The Council has been criticised in a new EPA report for failing in a number of areas of environmental enforcement between 2014 and last year. These include in air quality, waste and wastewater treatment…
EPA says grants are available to help with septic tank costs
The Environmental Protection Agency says grants are in place for people in Leitrim hoping to build higher spec septic tanks. It comes as a new report reveals that two thirds of spetic tanks inspected in the county last year failed the test. Claire Mulcahy reports: