Waters of LIFE had a chance to show its EU oversight how participating farmers are making space for nature at a recent monitoring visit. The project headed to Lough Mountain Farm in the Graney sub-catchment to demo-score semi-natural grassland habitat. As an EU funded and integrated project, Waters of LIFE is visited, monitoring and audited
Waters of LIFE are co-hosting a walk on farm walk on tree planting on Tuesday October 14th at the woodland site of Teagasc’s Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre in Moorepark, Co. Cork. The event will focus on supports and incentives for tree planting on local farmland. It will be led by register foresters
Waters of LIFE are hosting field training for approved advisors on completing a runoff risk assessment of participant farms in the Waters of LIFE agri-environmental programme pilot. The event is a follow up to June’s online training session. The day will begin at 10am in the local community centre for a recap on the
Waters of LIFE have welcomed Fergal Scully to the project as Catchment Agricultural Scientist in Cork. Fergal is operating in the Awbeg (Kilbrin) and Shournagh catchments and had a busy start to life with the project engaging directly with farmers on the Waters of LIFE agri-environmental programme pilot. “It was a great way to get
Could you spot if an otter has been spending time by your local river? Does this look like an otter print to you? That was the focus of a citizen science training event in the Graney sub-catchment in Co. Clare delivered by Nature Network Ireland in partnership with Clare Local Development Company under the
“If we’re going to stay farming, sure we have to do this. There’s nothing major in the whole thing.” Conor Roche on signing up for the Waters of LIFE pilot agri-environmental programme. The Roche family hosted a farm walk on July 29th to chat about robotic milking systems and how a water quality initiative can be
Over 40 people gathered in Flagmount on August 20th 2025 to discuss the natural heritage of East Clare as part of National Heritage Week. The event was hosted by Waters of LIFE and Clare Local Development Company under the heading “Tackling Invasive Plant Species in East Clare.” Featured speaker on the night was Phoebe O’Brien,
Statement from Waters of LIFE on fish mortality at River Blackwater, Co. Cork Thursday August 21st 2025 We are looking at fish mortality in the River Blackwater on a scale we’ve never seen before. It is heart breaking for the wildlife and natural heritage of the area. Our project works in the nearby Awbeg (Kilbrin)
Protecting east Clare’s natural heritage is the focus of a public meeting in Flagmount next Wednesday August 20th. “Tackling Invasive Plant Species in East Clare” is hosted by Waters of LIFE in partnership with Clare Local Development Company in Lough Graney Community Centre at 7:30pm. The evening begins with a talk by Clare-based botanist Phoebe
Shournagh Farm Walk to For Dairy Farm Update and Water Quality Conor, Alec and James Roche will host a farm walk on his farm at Gurth, Vicarstown, Co. Cork on Tuesday July 29th at 7:30pm. The event will include a dairy farm update, discussion around automated milking systems and participation in the Waters of LIFE
Waters of LIFE are inviting expressions of interest for Year 2 of their Agri-Environmental Programme pilot. Over 250 farmers have come into the eu-funded programme in the last 6 months, representing 20% of eligible farmers in the project’s five sub-catchments. Expressions of interest for the programme can be submitted online at www.watersoflife.ie/eoi. The portal will
Invasive plant species in east Clare are to be tackled under a new partnership agreement between Clare Local Development Company and Waters of LIFE. The partnership is aimed at improving biodiversity and water quality in the county over the next three years. Waters of LIFE are active in East Clare as an EU-funded programme to
Waters of LIFE brought something new to Ireland’s festival scene in 2025. Festival goers at Beyond the Pale were invited to try out citizen science for themselves to look at biological indicators for water quality in the Avonmore_30 water body. The festival sits in the heart of the Avonmore sub-catchment, one of five demonstration catchments
Waters of LIFE have collaborated with organisers of the Beyond The Pale festival to host a special event in the Avonmore sub-catchment on Saturday June 14th and Sunday June 15th. Festival goers can attend Waters of LIFE: The storytellers of Annamoe River – a quick hit of fun and science for anyone curious about riverside
Dates for online training and field training have been confirmed for the Waters of LIFE Advisor Training Programme. The events are a follow up to the classroom training element that took place in January and May 2025. As discussed during the classroom training event, approved advisors are expected to make themselves available for both the
Waters of LIFE have welcomed Regan Phipps to the team as Project Senior Scientist and Assistant Project Manager. His role includes catchment management and planning while overseeing the work of the project’s team of catchment scientists. Regan brings almost 20 years’ experience in environmental science and management to the project. He worked for a number of
