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Call for urgent cross-party action to save Lough Neagh

There has been a call for urgent cross-party action to save Lough Neagh. The lough has been blighted with blue-green algae in recent summers, with noxious blooms covering large swathes of the surface. However Gary McErlain, chairman of the Lough ...

18 Aug 2025 at 18:14

Local News

Conservation rally held on shores of Lough Neagh as algae bloom returns

A rally has been held at Lough Neagh over the environmental crisis facing the UK’s largest freshwater lake. Blue-green algae returned to Lough Neagh in the centre of Northern Ireland this week for the third summer in a row, with some describing ...

26 Aug 2025 at 11:00

County Derry Post

Minister Muir welcomes Executive approval for Lough Neagh Report and 37-point Action Plan

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has described today’s approval by the NI Executive of the 37-point Lough Neagh Report and Action Plan as the first step on a journey towards the long term rehabilitation of water quality in the lough. “I welcome and ...

18 Jul 2024 at 14:42

Northern Ireland

Red flag status in place at Portrush beaches due to harmful blue-green algae

A red flag status has been put in place on beaches in Portrush due to an outbreak of the harmful blue-green algae. The status, in place at East Strand and West Bay beaches, was announced by the Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council on ...

28 Jul 2023 at 18:06

Northern Ireland

Sites around River Bann closed due to blue-green algae outbreak

A number of sites around the River Bann have been closed due to a breakout of blue-green algae. Mid and East Antrim council announced that the Portglenone Marina slipway and waterways at Newferry would be closed due to blue-green ...

12 Sept 2023 at 16:37

County Derry Post

Suppliers identified to find possible solutions to Blue Green Algae

Executive Ministers have met with the five suppliers tasked with finding solutions to treat and reduce Blue-Green Algae in Lough Neagh, delivering on commitments within the Lough Neagh Action Plan. First Minister Michelle ...

07 Nov 2024 at 15:00

Local News

‘If I don’t swim I deteriorate. So what do I do?’

Ricky Holmes can often be seen swimming in Lough Neagh, in summer or winter. “At this time of year, I would swim maybe 500 metres, but in the summertime, it could be anything from two kilometres to four kilometres. It’s ...

29 Nov 2023 at 09:30

DerryNow

Save Lough Neagh campaign group to hold rally and white line protest in Toomebridge this weekend

The Save Lough Neagh Collective will be holding a rally and white line protest this Sunday, November 26 at 2pm in Toomebridge. Participants will assemble at the Lock Keepers cottage. The past summer brought to light ...

22 Nov 2023 at 12:30

Northern Ireland

Lough Neagh blue-green algae to be observed from space

Blue-green algae on Lough Neagh is set to be observed from space. The UK Space Agency has launched a competition seeking satellite applications and remote sensing solutions to predict, detect and monitor the extent ...

10 Oct 2024 at 13:14

Northern Ireland

Muir ‘continuing to engage’ over NI’s first environment strategy

A Stormont minister has said he is continuing to engage with Executive colleagues over the delay in adopting Northern Ireland’s first environment strategy. Environment Minister Andrew Muir said his department is ...

11 Sept 2024 at 11:12

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DAERA Minister Andrew Muir meets key stakeholders at Lough Neagh following launch of 37-point action plan

Following the launch of The Lough Neagh Report and Action Plan, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has met with key stakeholders on the shores of the lough. ...

23 Jul 2024 at 22:48

Northern Ireland

168 confirmed reports of blue-green algae across Northern Ireland, say officials

There have been 168 confirmed reports of toxic blue-green algae in waterways across Northern Ireland since May. With public concern growing over the impact of the algae at Lough Neagh, the chief executive ...

21 Sept 2023 at 16:01

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