Galway farmer convicted and fined for polluting river with silage effluent, AgriLand

A farmer in Co. Galway has been convicted and fined for allowing silage effluent to enter a river, which resulted in a fish kill,...
Efforts to locate source of oil pollution on Limerick river continue

Efforts to locate source of oil pollution on Limerick river continue, Limerick Leader

Limerick City and County Council says efforts are continuing to identify the source of an oil spill on the Abbey River. A boom and highly absorbent...
Crayfish plague threatens to wipe out stock in Rathkeale's River Deel “THOUSANDS” OF DEAD CRAYFISH HAVE BEEN DETECTED

Crayfish plague threatens to wipe out stock in Rathkeale's River Deel, Limerick Leader

A CRAYFISH plague which threatens to wipe out the species in Ireland has reached the River Deel in Rathkeale after its discovery in Tipperary...
Aerial image of the River Barrow, courtesy of Carlow Weather.

New research reveals current state of fish stocks in Ireland’s second longest river

New research reveals current state of fish stocks in Ireland’s second longest river River Barrow water sites have 39% high or good fish status 14...
Shane O’Reilly, Dublin in the mid day heat on Lough Sheelin

Super hatches but May trout hard earned on Sheelin

"If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago."  Zane Grey Now into the third week of the mayfly season...

Nice Practice Session for Dave Harlow at Daingean

Dave Harlow from the UK has been visiting Ireland for 35 years and is back again to take part in the canal festival on the...
‘Into the night’ dusk & darkness were the best times to fish Sheelin for this week

Irish angling Update 01 June 2016

It was another busy week for anglers in Ireland. The mix of weather was not all bad and there were times when the conditions...
Winner Darren McGuire being presented with the trophy by Albert Berry

Darren Maguire wins ITFFA National Angling Championship on Owel

Denis Goulding reports that the 84th I.T.F.F.A. National Angling Championship was fished on Lough Owel Mullingar on Saturday 27th of May 2017... The competition was...
Shamie Winters Co. Monaghan

County Monaghan based angler wins the Ballinamore Angling Festival

The 5th edition of this five-day coarse angling festival showcasing the fishing available on the Shannon Erne Waterway in County Leitrim took place from...