The Environmental Protection Agency is at the front line of environmental protection and policing. It ensures that Ireland’s environment is protected, and monitors changes in environmental trends to detect early warning signs of neglect or deterioration. By Jim Moriarty  Senior EPA Inspector If unexpected events occur that can damage the […]

By Sorcha Ní Longphuirt If you walk along the Argideen Estuary on a summer’s day you will see, and quite possibly smell, the green seaweed bloom that covers the mudflats between April and November. These ‘green tides’, a common feature in the area for the last number of decades have […]

On Saturday, September 21, an event is planned in Skibbereen to help us learn a bit more about the most topical material at the moment for all the wrong reasons – plastic. A day of information and talks is currently being planned with more information to follow nearer the time. […]