An Taisce has called for urgent action to protect Ireland’s water from nitrates like slurry and fertilisers with almost half our rivers and lakes already polluted.
As part of the European Union we must meet regulations contained within its Nitrates Directive to improve water quality through protections against pollution from agricultural sources.
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, is poised to sign off the new Nitrates Action Programme for 2022-2025.
