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A major protest about the environmental crisis in Lough Neagh is to hear that government action so far is "not meaningful" ...
Mick Hagan from the west shore of Lough Neagh has taken this video footage of distressed eels escaping from the toxic blue ...
There has been a call for urgent cross-party action to save Lough Neagh. The lough has been blighted with blue-green algae in recent summers, with noxious blooms covering large swathes of the surface.
Campaigners have said the algae problem at Lough Neagh is so bad that travellers flying into Belfast can see it from the air - amid fears this year’s bloom could be worse than last year.
Commercial eel fishing on Lough Neagh is to be suspended for the remainder of the 2025 season. Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co-Operative Society, which manages the lough’s fishing industry, last ...
As the manager of the Lough Neagh Partnership, I attended the Nutrient Action Plan (NAP) debate in Stormont and what I witnessed was unfortunately hugely disappointing and, if I am honest, a bit ...
Blue-green algae has been detected in Lough Neagh for the first time this year, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Measuring over 392 sq km, it contains enough water to fill 7 million swimming pools. Lough Neagh is also of huge economic ...
Blue-green algae on Lough Neagh is set to be observed from space. The UK Space Agency has launched a competition seeking satellite applications and remote sensing solutions to predict, detect and ...
Campaigners gathered in front of Stormont on the eve of the return of the assembly, calling for MLAs to prioritise tackling an environmental crisis that is "killing" Lough Neagh.
The rich wildlife of Lough Neagh is being damaged by decades of pollution by nutrients from agriculture, wastewater, septic tanks and industrial processes — and we need to tackle this now ...
The earl said there was a need to "work together to secure the lough’s long-term future" and added his talks included highlighting the importance of a Lough Neagh Report and Action Plan.