Derek Mcloughlin and Patrick Cushell tell us about the Pearl Mussel Project, which is working in eight Irish catchments to […]
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The 2019 Catchment management Network meeting was held on 11 October in Tullamore. Ireland’s local authorities and other bodies with […]
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John Stack from Dublin City Council tells us about the changes that happen as a catchment urbanises, how an urban […]
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The UK & Ireland’s Lake Network conference is underway in Westport today. This video from the EPA shows the beautiful […]
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Knotweed is Priority for Offaly The focus for work on invasives in Offaly is predominantly on Japanese knotweed with two […]
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Mary-Liz Walshe from Dublin City Council and Sinead Hurson from the LA Waters Programme tell us the story of the […]
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The Mulkear EIP offers a new approach to address water quality concerns by developing catchment sensitive farming practices. It is […]
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Mark Horton from The Rivers Trust tells us how there are now ten rivers trusts in the Republic of Ireland, […]
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The Environmental Sensitivity Mapping (ESM) Webtool is a novel GIS decision-support tool for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and planning processes […]
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The latest issue of the Catchments Newsletter is now available to download. You can read the editorial from this issue […]
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