The River Suir running through Thurles, Co Tipperary. Photograph: Alan Betson
Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries have deteriorated further with almost half of them now in an unhealthy condition.
Just 52 per cent of over 4,000 water bodies monitored over the past five years achieved a satisfactory rating.
The other 48 per cent were so polluted, contaminated with chemicals, choked with algae, deprived of oxygen, lacking in species variety or physically altered and damaged that they rated below minimally acceptable standards.
The data, compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2019-2024, shows
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