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Fair Seas @fairseas.ie · 2d

Bígí linn sa Bhruiséil le Conradh na Gaeilge An Bhruiseil 🎉

👉 Teach Tábhairne Kitty O'Seas ar Bd Charlemagne 42, An Bhruiséil. 👈 20:30 - 15 Deireadh Fomhair

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Join us for a special EU #OceanWeek event!

Kitty O'Sheas Pub on Bd Charlemagne 42, Brussels. 8:30pm - 15 October 2025.

#FairSeas

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 13h

Shame that Cork angling clubs need to take action into their own hands in the absence of govt leadership 👎

"Local anglers & the communities have now lost confidence in these agencies to carry out their statutory duty to protect our rivers, waterways & lakes"
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Cork angling clubs to set up pollution monitoring systems in wake of River Blackwater fish kill

Local anglers angered by failure of multi-agency taskforce to find pollutant or the perpetrators behind largest fish kill in the history of the State

www.irishexaminer.com

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 13h

Sharp decline in water quality in Tipperary caused by agriculture, a meeting of Clonmel Borough District has been told.

Lawpro will be looking into what type of agriculture was responsible, and where the hotspots were.

www.tipperarylive.ie/news/local-n...

‘Agriculture to blame’ for sharp decline in water quality in Tipperary

Decline has been 'dramatic in recent years but there is hope'

www.tipperarylive.ie

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 1d

Great role for anyone who cares about protecting Ireland's precious marine areas and wildlife 🐟

Fair Seas @fairseas.ie · 2d

WE'RE HIRING 🌊🌊🌊
CLOSING DATE OCTOBER 8TH 2025***

Marine Policy and Engagement Officer.
This is a full time role until 31st December 2027.

fairseas.ie/2025/09/16/w...

#FairSeas

We're Hiring : Fair Seas Marine Policy and Engagement Officer | FairSeas

At Fair Seas we seek to protect, conserve and restore Ireland’s unique marine environment.

fairseas.ie

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 6d

SWAN members are in the European Parliament today meeting with MEPs and raising water protection and restoration issues.💧🇪🇺

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 7d

How many chances should be given to get it right?

Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality

Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill

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WWF EU @wwf.eu · 7d

🚌 Ready to roll!

Our own OmniBus is hitting the streets today

Citizens are speaking up against the deregulation of environmental laws, and we’re bringing their message

@ec.europa.eu: don’t throw nature under the bus!
#HandsOffNature

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 8d

“The Blackwater disaster is a warning that Ireland can no longer tolerate chronic polluters,” said SWI. “Persistent licence breaches must be met with the strongest enforcement tools available — including more effective court sanctions and licence withdrawal.”

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Cork fish kill: No culprit for the worst environmental disaster in Ireland this century

A multi-agency investigation failed to find the source of, or even identify, the toxins that killed nearly 40,000 fish in the Blackwater River recently

www.irishexaminer.com

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 9d

The State of Europe’s Environment report for Ireland:

"The water quality assessment is poor, with no net improvement in river or lake quality" "Compliance with EU obligations remains a challenge." 😢😳

"The assessment of nature is very poor" 😢😳

www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...

Ireland

The Ireland country profile provides a concise overview of key trends across three dimensions: environment and climate; socio-economic change; and system change (energy, mobility and food) in the coun...

www.eea.europa.eu

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 9d

‘Some big polluter is breathing sigh of relief’: Questions remain over Blackwater fish kill

Inconclusive report must not be last word on devastating incident.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

‘Some big polluter is breathing sigh of relief’: Questions remain over Blackwater fish kill

Inconclusive report must not be last word on devastating incident, say environmentalists

www.irishtimes.com

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 10d

Celebrating #WorldRiversDay with this beautiful old Irish proverb. When was the last time you listened to your local river? 💙🐟

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 11d

Excellent piece on @rte.ie CountryWide programme on the fish kill on the Blackwater. Need for rapid response, effective monitoring, restoring natural river states, changes needed due to climate change and more discussed. 👇

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

How to restore river health

The report on the River Blackwater fish kill published this week was inconclusive, with no enough evidence to say what was to blame for the largest fish kill in Irish history. We discuss the impact of...

www.rte.ie

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 12d

So that's it then. The biggest fish kill in the history of the State, and we're just going to move on, with no idea who or what caused it?

It would be better to label it a river kill.

Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead.

🧵

www.fisheriesireland.ie

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 12d

Summary of report here: www.fisheriesireland.ie/sites/defaul...

www.fisheriesireland.ie

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 12d

Report into the Blackwater fish kill raises many Qs:

Why were dead fish spotted on Aug 9th & the EPA only aware by Aug 12th?

➕ 4 of the 31 facilities investigated had discharges that were not compliant with license requirements. Why is this happening?

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Cause of fish kill on Blackwater river in Cork ‘has not been identified’ – report

Multiple agencies involved in investigation into incident could not say what caused up to 42,000 fish kill in August

www.irishtimes.com

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Fair Seas @fairseas.ie · 14d

Fair Seas unveil 200ft hourglass in sand after it was announced that it will be the middle of 2026 before any MPA legislation is passed.

Press Release: https://fairseas.ie/2025/09/24/time-running-out-to-protect-irelands-seas/

#FairSeas

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 14d

🚨 Big water news from Brussels: EU institutions have just struck a deal on updated water pollution rules.

It includes tougher standards for PFAS, pesticides like glyphosate, and pharmaceutical pollution - but there's a catch.
The deal delays action until 2039…

Press release in comments ⬇️

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 15d

If you've been watching Prime Time & you want to do something to get marine protected areas into law, then sign the @fairseas.ie petition to the Irish Govt asking to get a move on.

Join over 80,000 people who have already signed. Let's get it to 100,000! 🌊✊#rtept

Call on Ireland’s Government to Protect its Seas

Join us by signing the petition today and telling the Irish government that they cannot delay any longer. Sign the petition at only.one/30x30ireland. #30x30Ireland #FairSeas

only.one

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 15d

It's 17 years since I've been on the beautiful Lough Carra, and the unusual white marl that gives the water a distinctive turquoise look is sadly looking very green now on foot of nutrient pollution.

Another treasure being slowly lost to us all.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 15d

Net loss? Why Ireland trails Europe on marine protection. 🦈🌊

Don't miss this tonight on RTE's Prime Time at 10.35pm after #TraitorsIreland 👀

#rtept

www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

Net loss? Why Ireland trails Europe on marine protection

Marine Protected Areas are seen as a solution to biodiversity loss and dwindling fish stocks, but why has Ireland has yet to deliver the law to make them real?

www.rte.ie

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 15d

PFAS pollution survives indefinitely in our waterways, yet a new report shows "there is no action plan or strategy dedicated to PFAS in Ireland"

Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 15d

Protections against 'forever chemicals' (PFAS) are patchy across the EU with Ireland among the states that need to do much more, says @healthandenv.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Ireland among EU states with fewest protections against cancer-linked ‘forever chemicals’

Human-made substances are used in manufacturing and survive indefinitely in the environment

www.irishtimes.com

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 19d

The EU has approved allowing processed manure (RENURE) to exceed nitrogen limits without conducting a proper impact assessment and before completing the ongoing evaluation (fitness check) of the Nitrates Directive, putting water quality at risk.

We urge Irish MEPs to block this rollback.

European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 19d

🚨 EU just approved a major loophole in the Nitrates Directive - allowing processed manure (RENURE) to exceed nitrogen limits.

Why this matters:

💧Clean water at risk
🌱Pollution unchecked
📉2030 targets under threat

📣EEB urges Parliament & Council to block this rollback.

🔗Press release in comments⬇️

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 19d

Extremely disappointing news on the Blackwater fish kill.

"It just goes to show the state bodies that are supposed to protect our fish don’t appear to be able to do so because if they can’t find the cause, how can they guarantee there won’t be a repeat?"

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Investigation into Cork fish kill fails to find definitive cause

Lack of clarity following extensive inquiry is described as ‘deeply regrettable’ by Minister

www.irishtimes.com

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 20d

Under the surface — how nitrates affect freshwater ecosystems and how we're failing to protect them

An Taisce's Head of Advocacy is giving a special talk for Lough Carra Catchment Association 8pm 23 September, Carnacon Centre, F12NY38 Mayo

Details: www.loughcarralife.ie
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social

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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · 26d

Simplification or sabotage? EU’s nature agenda under pressure #HandsOFFNature
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/09...

Simplification or sabotage? EU’s nature agenda under pressure

www.birdlife.org

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