The Waterways Ireland 2018 Event Programme is now open for 2018. The programme welcomes applications from waterway and waterside communities seeking support to start and grow sustainable events. Taking place annually for the past 12 years the Programme…
The Irish National Masters Life-Saving team took a magnificent silver medal place at the recent international Life Saving Championships held in Leeds 50-metre pool in England. The 7-strong team took home a total of 18 individual event medals, narrowly…
Clean Coasts Big Beach Clean 2017 weekend will take place on the 15th, 16th and 17th of September 2017. We are delighted to team up again with the International Ocean Conservancy for the International Coastal Cleanup event. In 2016, over half a million volunteers in 112 countries removed 8 million kg of…
The EPA has launched beaches.ie, a new mobile enabled website providing information about bathing water at Ireland’s beautiful beaches and lakes. The website will allow people to access the information they need before a day out at the seaside. beaches.ie is set…
372,000 people drown around the world every year, that’s over 40 every hour. And it’s shocking to realise that 37 Children (aged 14 and under) have died in Ireland as a result of drowning over a ten year period…
An EPA report, Bathing Water Quality in Ireland – A Report for the Year 2016, has found that the overall quality of Ireland’s bathing waters remains very good with 130 of 140 identified waters meeting strict EU standards. The strict…