Signs warning the public of the presence of toxic algae were recently erected by Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council ...

Contact may cause skin irritation and stomach upset". One of the open-water swimming groups affected is the Lough Neagh Monster Dunkers, which has more than 1,000 members in a private Facebook group.

The head of the Catholic church in Ireland has criticised the environmental damage at Lough Neagh during a visit to the north ...

July 17, 2025 at 5:27pm BST 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 ...

July 20, 2025 at 4:12pm BST New signs in Antrim have warned the public about the presence of toxic blue-green algae in Lough Neagh. The Antrim Forum leisure centre sits beside the Six Mile Water ...

News UK News Blue-green algae from Lough Neagh displayed during Belfast Photo Festival Images of the toxic substance are also being shown on digital billboards as part of the Belfast Photo Festival ...

BLUE-green algae on waterways such as Lough Neagh have been described as a "deeply spiritual and moral issue".

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). The lough, which is the UK’s ...

As Belfast Photo Festival 2025 launches, the team are prominently displaying images of Lough Neagh’s Toxic Blue Green Algal on digital billboards across the city, to recognise the fragility ...