Ireland’s largest freshwater lake is dying before our eyes
A perfect storm of problems is leading to a near-collapse in Lough Neagh’s ecosystem
Lough Neagh
Lough Neagh
The drive to plant trees on Ireland’s farmland: ‘In the future a field without trees will be worthless’
There are 400 hectares of trees planted on farms across Ireland under an agroforestry scheme, offering protection against drought, less pollution and greater biodiversity
Cross-Border commitment crucial in nursing Ireland’s ailing lakes back to health
In the Republic, there has been unrelenting deterioration of lakes, rivers and estuaries
Inefficient use of fertiliser makes pollution inevitable
Less than one-third of imported nitrogen, for use either as fertiliser or animal rations, is re-exported as foodstuffs
New alchemy can make value out of problematic phosphate
If anaerobic digesters are conceived as hubs that gather manure from farms, they become a means of taking phosphorus out of catchments
Hundreds take part in protest demanding action on Lough Neagh environmental crisis
Lake, which supplies 40% of NI’s drinking water, has been blighted by noxious blue-green algae in recent years
Author Jan Carson: ‘I Googled what would happen if you drained Lough Neagh’
Author’s fourth novel, Few and Far Between, is inspired by a politician’s madcap scheme
‘Deliberate attempt’ to undermine science over Lough Neagh crisis, minister warns
Largest freshwater lake in Ireland or UK blighted by noxious blooms of algae
Lough Neagh’s recovery needs ‘sustained action over many years’, Minister says
‘Ecological impact has been pretty horrendous,’ witness tells Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of MPs at Westminster
An orange-green split is looming over Lough Neagh
The visible decline of the lough this summer shocked people living around it, including in several heartland Sinn Féin constituencies
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