Better farming techniques have improved water quality – Irish Independent

Improved farming practices resulted in better water quality in the decade from 2000 to 2010 a major agri-environment conference heard last week. Professor Cathal O'Donaghue...

Another Life: climate change bound to affect our bats, Irish Times

Late on Hallowe’en night a Co Cork reader, Darius Bartlett of Midleton, out walking his dogs on a quiet boreen, was “surprised and delighted”...

Journalists get hooked on the fine fishing to be had in Courtlough, Irish Times

Not even the cracking of a nearby clay-pigeon shoot could deter the appetite of the rainbow trout as they provided fantastic sport for 13...

Thou shalt not pass, say planners to Slaney Trust, Gorey Guardian

Efforts by the Slaney River Trust to make the weir at Clohamon more salmon friendly have once more run into planning problems. The trust applied...

Slurrey in Feale after cowdung barrier fails, The Kerryman

A NORTH Kerry farmer who used a barrier of cowdung and silage to prevent farmyard effluent from entering the river Feale pleaded guilty to...

Film tells emotional tale of flooding of Lee Valley – The Southern Star

A NEW documentary on the River Lee will be screened this weekend at Cork Film Festival. ‘River Runner – the untold story of the...

10m larvae, 2 survivors, then 100 years protecting our rivers, Irish Times

The first November squalls of the new wet rain give notice of the Atlantic winter monsoon that now attends our share of climate change....

Criticism for bringing brown trout for weigh-in purposes on Mask and elsewhere is answered,...

FOR the past number of years, the World Cup fishing competition on Lough Mask, and indeed, many other competitions around the country, have come...

Minister Comments On Dredging Plans For Asian Clam At Lanesborough, Afloat

The Minister for Natural Resources has commented on plans for dredging at Lough Ree to deal with the recent invasion of Asian clam at...

Teagasc environmental conference to tackle policy challenges, Agriland

This year’s Teagasc National Agri-environment Conference takes place in the Tullamore Court Hotel, this Thursday (13) and will focus on the environmental policy challenges facing...