Year: 2024
This report presents the most recent integrated information on the quality of Ireland's environment. The report outlines the current state of our environment at a strategic level. It also provides an update on the environmental challenges that we face, nationally and globally.
Year: 2024
Year: 2024
Air quality in Ireland compares favourably with many of our European neighbours, however there are concerning localised issues which lead to poor air quality. Ireland met all of its EU legal requirements in 2023, but it did not meet the health-based WHO guidelines in 2023. Ireland and Europe should move towards achieving the health-based WHO air quality guidelines.
This fact sheet outlines the work done by the EPA in monitoring and assessing seagrass as part of Ireland’s marine environment. , September 2024
Year: 2024
Ecologically healthy marine waters are a valuable natural resource. They support a rich and diverse range of ecosystems, habitats and species, and they are also a source of food – from wild fisheries and aquaculture. They are also important for recreational activities and tourism.
Hydrology bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows for August 2024, September 2024
Year: 2024
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for August 2024 outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels and turlough levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland.
Year: 2024
A report to the Environmental Protection Agency to inform data submission under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Hydrology bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows for July 2024; published, August 2024
Year: 2024
Hydrology Summary Bulletin for June 2024 outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake levels and turlough levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland
Council Directive of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (91/676/EEC), August 2024
Year: 2024
This report is prepared in response to Article 10 of the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC). The report covers the seventh reporting period from 2020 to 2023. The report comprises: a description, with maps, of the evolution of water quality in groundwater and surface waters; a statement on the adoption of a Whole Territory Approach with respect to the designation of nitrate vulnerable zones; a summary of agricultural activities and an account of the implementation of the agricultural Code of Good Practice and a summary of the principal measures and an evaluation of the National Action Programme for limiting nitrate inputs from agricultural sources.
This report provides an update on the results of water quality monitoring to support the assessment of the impact of the nitrate’s derogation on Irish waters, as required under Regulation 37 of the European Union (Good Agricultural Practices for the Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations., August 2024
Year: 2024
The EPA has reported on the results of water quality monitoring to support the assessment of the impact of the nitrate's derogation on Irish Waters
Year: 2024
Year: 2024
