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Super-sized nature reserve planned for hills above Belfast

A “super-sized” nature reserve is to be created in the hills above Belfast. Conservation charity Ulster Wildlife has unveiled the plan for an area of grassland that is the size of 480 football pitches. The move comes after the charity bought 133 ...

01 Aug 2022 at 11:43

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Irregular behaviour on western bank of Lough Foyle

The “continuous desecration” of the western shore of Lough Foyle should be the subject of the Republic of Ireland's Environment Department investigation, according to a Donegal County Councillor. Speaking to Derry News, following last Tuesday's ...

11 Mar 2022 at 12:00

Local News

New enhanced visitor experience for popular County Derry woodlands

Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Steven Callaghan has welcomed a new project designed to enhance the visitor experience at Banagher Glen. Tucked away in the north Sperrins, a few miles south of Dungiven, Banagher Glen has become ...

29 Jun 2023 at 12:09

Northern Ireland

Public meetings to be held over carbon reduction targets

Public meetings will be held as part of a consultation on the first ever carbon budgets for Northern Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched the public consultation, which will run until ...

21 Jun 2023 at 13:22

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 of the Northern Ireland ...

21 Sept 2023 at 16:01

Northern Ireland

Friends of the Earth to take department to court over ‘air quality failings’

Environmental campaigners are to take a Stormont department to court over alleged air quality failings. Friends of the Earth has teamed up with The PILS Project for a legal challenge at the High Court in Belfast against the ...

14 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Local News

Derry shoppers encouraged to 'Stop! Drop, Shop Preloved’

From today (Monday, 13th February) until Friday, 4th March, Live Here Love Here – a civic-pride partnership from environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful – will bring its Fashion Forever campaign to Derry's ...

13 Feb 2023 at 17:58

Northern Ireland

New centres to research climate change and food sustainability

Two new all-Ireland research centres on climate and sustainable food are to be created with funding of 70 million euro (£60.7 million). The funding will bring together academics, industry and policymakers across the ...

28 Nov 2023 at 11:56

Northern Ireland

‘Significant disruption’ expected as port and meat factory workers walk out

Major disruption is expected as hundreds of workers at ports and meat factories across Northern Ireland start a five-day walkout over pay. The ports of Belfast, Larne and Warrenpoint as well as meat processing ...

30 Oct 2023 at 16:34

Northern Ireland

Daera ‘acting to mitigate’ as workers at ports and meat factories strike

Northern Ireland’s department of agriculture has said it is acting to mitigate where it can as workers in ports and meat factories take part in a five-day strike. The action over pay started at midnight on ...

30 Oct 2023 at 19:15

Northern Ireland

Legal action planned over deal which led to restoration of Stormont

Legal action is being planned to challenge whether new Government legislation which led to the return of Stormont restores the “core constitutional provisions” of the Acts of Union. Jamie Bryson, from the ...

06 Feb 2024 at 17:46

Local News

£200k grants scheme returns to tackle marine litter in County Derry

The civic-pride campaign, Live Here Love Here has announced the return of the highly successful Marine Litter Grant, an initiative funded by the Waste Prevention Branch of the Department of Agriculture, ...

30 Sept 2023 at 13:12

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