Northern Ireland Environment Agency launches 8-week call for evidence to improve knowledge base on impacts on the water environment
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has launched an 8-week Call for Evidence to improve the knowledge base on impacts on the water environment...
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir urges the public to become citizen scientists at local water sources in the ‘Great UK Water Blitz’
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has urged the public to become citizen scientists at local water...
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir responds to OEP report on improving protection for nature in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) Minister Andrew Muir has committed to ensuring that full and prompt consideration is given...
Four new non-executive board members appointed by DAERA
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has made new non-executive appointments to the Departmental Board and to the Boards of its...
NI Water carry out peatland restoration to improve water quality
NI Water has announced it is working alongside RSPB NI in a partnership to carry out a peatland restoration project under the DAERA Peatland...
High Level Science Advisory Group (HLSAG) comprised of leading scientists from across the UK and Ireland established to support DAERA
An independent High Level Science Advisory Group (HLSAG) comprised of leading scientists from across the UK and Ireland has been established to support DAERA...
Andrew Muir launches corporate plan, setting strategic direction for DAERA
Northern Ireland's Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Andrew Muir, has launched a 10-point Corporate Plan, setting a strategic direction for the Department of...
Minister Muir makes new CNCC appointment
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has appointed Sara McCracken as the new Deputy Chair of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC).
The CNCC...
Northern Ireland Water Classification Statistics Report 2024 released
The 2024 Northern Ireland Water Classification Statistics Report has been published by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural...
Muir announces fund to support Nature Recovery environmental projects
A new fund to support Nature Recovery environmental projects, the first of its kind, across Northern Ireland has been launched by Environment Minister Andrew...
Andrew Muir opens the Better Beaches Forum in Northern Ireland
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir has opened the Better Beaches Forum at the Crawfordsburn Countryside Centre in Northern Ireland.
The Forum is...
Three independent experts appointed by DAERA Minister Andrew Muir to conduct a review of environmental governance in Northern Ireland
Three independent experts have been appointed by DAERA Minister Andrew Muir to conduct a review of environmental governance in Northern Ireland, including considering options...
Ballyholme Beach Study extended to investigate winter water quality
A new study to investigate water quality at Ballyholme Beach in Bangor has been extended until February 2025 to better understand water pollution in...
Minister Muir announces Northern Ireland’s 2024 bathing water results
Northern Ireland’s bathing waters have continued to perform well in 2024 despite the rather gloomy, wet summer. All 26 identified bathing waters in Northern...
Suppliers identified to find possible solutions to Blue Green Algae
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has awarded £450,000 to five suppliers to develop proof of concepts on potential solutions to...
DAERA Minister welcomes approval of Northern Ireland’s Environmental Improvement Plan
DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has welcomed the Executive’s approval of Northern Ireland’s Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) which will act as their first Environment Strategy.
“I...
NI Water halfway to ambitious one million trees planting goal
Ambitious plans by NI Water to plant one million trees across Northern Ireland by 2030 have almost reached the halfway mark.
250,000 trees were put...
OEP investigates Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs over failure to publish Environmental Improvement Plan
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has announced that it is investigating the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) over an alleged...
OEP warns of risk to environmental protection due to pace of change proposed in the Retained EU Law Bill
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has warned that the short timescales proposed for the review of Retained EU Law could put the protection...
NI Water welcomes Minister to view two major water improvement schemes in Counties Fermanagh and Tyrone
NI Water has recently welcomed Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd to view two major projects that have been completed in counties Fermanagh and Tyrone.
A major...
A ‘Watershed’ moment in drinking water protection as €4.9M project draws to a close
A ‘watershed’ moment in drinking water protection was highlighted at the closing conference of a major cross-border project funded under EU’s INTERREG VA programme.
The...
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