Algae or phytoplankton are almost always present in water. But the ecology of Lough Neagh changed after the introduction of ...

Two years on from the first blue-green algae blooms, BBC News NI returns to Lough Neagh to meet the people who call the area ...

Stormont's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) said the scum detected at Portstewart Strand on ...

Andrew Muir says mistakes had been made with farmers incentivised to increase production, contributing to pollution issues in ...

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald said there should be a national focus on the issue, including from the Irish Government ...

Perch fish are eaten by herons as well as humans [PA Media] Some toxins have been found in the flesh of some fish in Lough Neagh for the first time, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed.

Swimming could resume in Lough Neagh in a matter of months, but only if there are suitable weather conditions. Signs warning against swimming in the lough were put up over the summer due to blue-green ...

Visitors to Portstewart Strand are being urged to stay out of the water after blue-green algae was spotted along the beach following strong winds over the weekend.

A major community effort is under way in Co Mayo, to safeguard the ecosystem around Lough Carra. Volunteers, from a number of ...

Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is located in the six-county statelet of Northern Ireland. This small country of just under 2 million people currently ...

Joan Gribbin had high hopes for her paddle-boarding and canoe project teaching children and young people Communities around Lough Neagh are probably some of the only people who rejoice at the colder, ...

Some toxins have been found in the flesh of some fish in Lough Neagh for the first time, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed. However, it said commercially harvested fish from the lough ...