The algae has been confirmed at 65 locations in Northern Ireland with particular concern over Lough Neagh. It is the biggest freshwater lake in the UK or Ireland and supplies 40% of Northern ...

Toxic blue-green algae in Lough Neagh has potentially begun to wake up again already, with two confirmed reports since the start of 2024. Last summer, it brought the largest freshwater lake in ...

There was a distinctly watery theme to 2024 in agricultural and environmental terms. From Lough Neagh to Belfast Lough, ...

We took a trip to the heart of Lough Neagh where Northern Ireland's environment minister witnessed first hand the columns of blue-green algae throughout the water from a boat for the first time.

Satellite technology is set to become part of the measures being used to tackle the issue of blue-green algae in Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. Three companies are also being awarded money to ...

Last year saw the lough blighted by large blooms of potentially toxic blue-green algae. Lough Neagh is the UK's largest freshwater lake – it supplies about half of Belfast's drinking water and ...

Blue-green algae once again turned Lough Neagh bright green in Summer 2024, with detections on the North Coast in August after chunks of the blooms travelled down the Lower Bann River.

Three proposals have been selected for the first phase of a project that will use space technology to monitor levels of blue-green algae on Lough Neagh. The firms will use a share of £360,000 in ...

Three companies have been selected for the first phase of a project to monitor Lough Neagh from space. They each get a share of £360,000 to develop satellite technology and data that could be used to ...

Some Lough Neagh wildfowlers have been told their rent agreements will not be renewed due to pollution. Shooting clubs hunt wildfowl or game birds during a season that typically runs from early ...