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Waters of LIFE Advisor Training 2026

Waters of LIFE is reopening its training and development programme to nominated agricultural advisors in 2026. Advisors will be invited to take part in the programme if: They are registered as an FAS Approved Agricultural Agent Have been nominated by an eligible farmer for 2026 entry into the Waters of LIFE Agri-Environmental Programme pilot. Advisors


AgNav Training For Waters of LIFE Advisors

Waters of LIFE and Bord Bia are to host online training on AgNav for approved advisors. Training will take place online on Thursday December 4th 2025 at 11:00. What is AgNav? AgNav is a national online interactive digital platform developed by Teagasc, Bord Bia and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation. AgNav calculates nitrogen and phosphorus surpluses for


Waters of LIFE Tree Planting Farm Walk in Cork

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 Staff At Full Complement For The First Time.

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


Watch: Otter Spotting in the Graney Sub-Catchment

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


Watch: Shournagh Farmer Opens Up On Water Quality

“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


Statement from Waters of LIFE on Fish Kill at River Blackwater

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)


Tackling Invasive Plant Species In East Clare

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


Waters of LIFE Agri-Environmental Programme Opens Entry For Year 2

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