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sharonwelby.bsky.social
Some warming colours for a cold Friday #Scape #Sunset #loughNeagh
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
annalois36.bsky.social
Strength and Determination
for #BlueSkyMonday

#EastCoastKin #photography #sculpture #FinnMcCool #LoughNeagh #Antrim #rock #NorthernIreland #Bluesky
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Photograph looking up at a metal sculpture of a figure holding a large rock above its head, against a mid-blue, cloudless sky. The sculpture is of Finn McCool and is found on the edge of Lough Neagh, in Antrim. It is made of stainless steel and the work of Spanish artist Casto Solano, who named it 'The Protector of the Lough'. Finn McCool is a mythical giant who picked up a piece of earth and lobbed it at his enemy in Scotland. The hole left by the piece of earth became the enormous and beautiful Lough Neagh. The piece of earth became the Isle of Man. So he couldn't throw quite as far as he thought but a valiant effort nonetheless!
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
factcheckni.bsky.social
Who’s responsible for Lough Neagh’s phosphorus pollution?

Agriculture (61%) leads, while wastewater & septics tanks adds 30%.

Read our full analysis here 👉 factcheckni.org/articles/lou...

#LoughNeagh #FactCheckNI #NIEnvironment
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
o-neillp.bsky.social
#Relax
#LoughNeagh
#CoAntrim
#Ireland
October 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
brianmchugh.bsky.social
Our rivers are dying.

Our lakes are dying.

This isn't an accident.

Nobody has been jailed for this.

They get paid bonuses.

#Windermere
#LoughNeagh

@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.bsky.social

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/yorks...
Yorkshire rivers contain over 10 times the legal limit of phosphate pollution
Yorkshire rivers are dying from a lack of oxygen and phosphate pollution compounded by inadequate official testing and enforcement
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 21, 2024 at 7:04 AM
brennanliam.bsky.social
Drone imagery of the Battery Harbour, Moortown, Co.Tyrone displaying high concentrations of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). #loughneagh #NorthernIreland #Ireland #algae #HAB #algalbloom #eutrophication #zebramussels #climatechange
August 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
shaunacorr.bsky.social
Save Lough Neagh campaigners calling for an independent environmental protection agency and halt to sand extraction. They were among five demands at a Stormont protest #LoughNeagh #NorthernIreland
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
Lough Neagh protectors rally at Stormont with five demands
Among them are calls for an independent environmental protection agency and halt to sand extraction
www.belfastlive.co.uk
March 13, 2024 at 11:56 AM
mwarhurst.bsky.social
Shocking - the environment has been neglected in Northern Ireland for decades & this is the result >

#NI #LoughNeagh

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall
Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummet
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
screecycle.bsky.social
Careful now, talking like this, you’ll get put in prison #LoughNeagh youtu.be/HXT1yMD2kZA?...
The 50 year cover up that POISONED the largest lake in Ireland
YouTube video by Stephen J Reid
youtu.be
August 29, 2024 at 2:16 PM
renatekappes.bsky.social
Giftgrün | garish green #LoughNeagh #NorthernIreland
irishrainforest.bsky.social Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 24
Lough Neagh and its one out-flowing river, the Bann (pictured), are a warning of where Ireland's water bodies are headed without action on excess nutrients: beautifully rich ecosystems turned into slimey, dying, stinking, open sewers.

All so a few people can make money pumping out livestock shit.
August 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
getnews-me.bsky.social
Toxic blue‑green algae now blankets Lough Neagh, the UK's biggest lake, creating a pea‑soup surface and prompting swimming bans; the lake supplies about 40 % of Northern Ireland's drinking water. https://getnews.me/algae-bloom-crisis-threatens-lough-neagh-uks-largest-lake/ #loughneagh #algalbloom
Algae bloom crisis threatens Lough Neagh, UK's largest lake
September 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
projectallende.bsky.social
The Stable Nitrogen Alliance, UK
No more green rivers and lakes like #LoughNeagh
thesoilassociation.bsky.social Soil Association @thesoilassociation.bsky.social · Mar 4
🌍😷 Excess nitrogen pollutes our rivers, oceans, air, wildlife and climate.

🚜💚🌍 But farmers could improve their environmental impact and save costs by adopting best practice from organic farms, where farmers use nature-based solutions instead of artificial fertilisers youtube.com/shorts/oz9Vq...
#Nitrogen pollutes our #rivers, oceans, air, #biodiversity and #climate. So what can we do about it?
YouTube video by The Soil Association Videos
youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
lpcooley.bsky.social
A blog version of this article is now on the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social website. #LoughNeagh
May 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
leeirenedillon.bsky.social
‘"politicians forget that the majority of people who live in rural areas are not farmers & aren't landowners. They're plumbers.. nurses.. teachers.. doctors…
those people are forgotten about & their voices aren't listened to as much as they should be."’
#LoughNeagh
www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
Toxic algae back with a vengeance at Lough Neagh
More than a year after politicians at Stormont approved an action plan to tackle toxic algae on Lough Neagh, it's back with a vengeance.
www.rte.ie
August 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
alastairmci.bsky.social
I have the OK from the Lough Neagh Partnership to share my personal report on our recent study tour to 6 Hebridean community land trusts. See what motivates them, possible openings of the way for #LoughNeagh, and a guest appearance from the Water Horse. PDF bit.ly/LoughNeaghLNP
Galson Trust, chair Agnes Rennie
November 16, 2024 at 11:19 AM
meecoprof.bsky.social
@quadratdtp.bsky.social & @climatecocentre.bsky.social PhD Student Dario Di Girolamo has been working with Ulster Uni librarians to digitise 27 PhDs detailing the ecology & biology of #LoughNeagh they are curated here & freely available: climatecocentre.org/news/lough-nea… please share!
https://climatecocentre.org/news/lough-nea…
October 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
lpcooley.bsky.social
Patrizia John has a new article out on the representation of cross-segmental interests under consociationalism, using Lough Neagh as a case study. Looks interesting. Thanks to Patrizia for the citation! #LoughNeagh

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests
In deeply divided societies, consociational power-sharing ensures representation for ethnonational groups but raises questions about cross-segmental interests. This paper explores “consociational cul....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
muser.press
For the third year running toxic blue-green #algaeblooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have covered much of #LoughNeagh, the largest lake in the #UK and #Ireland.
But this summer, the thick green veneer — so widespread it is visible from space — has been worse than ever.
UK's largest lake 'dying' as algae blooms worsen • Muser Press
For the third year running toxic blue-green algae blooms that look like pea soup and smell like rotten eggs have covered much of Lough Neagh, the largest lake
www.muser.press
September 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
shaunacorr.bsky.social
Interested to see what happens tomorrow! #LoughNeagh #bluegreenalgae

www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
Assembly to discuss rescue plan for Lough Neagh
The formation of a cross-department body and new management structure for Lough Neagh has also been proposed
www.belfastlive.co.uk
February 12, 2024 at 5:04 PM
shaunacorr.bsky.social
"This report is an alarm bell to every local community, citizen, politician, landowner and... business"
@theriverstrust @Feargal_Sharkey @AndrewMuirNI @loughneaghpart @JohnODowdSF @foe_ni @AnTaisce @sascampaigns #loughneagh #NIrivers #StateOfOurRivers
www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
The state of NI rivers: Not one stretch in 'good' overall health
"This report is an alarm bell to every local community, citizen, politician, landowner and... business"
www.belfastlive.co.uk
February 27, 2024 at 11:56 AM
ismiseliam.bsky.social
💬 John Blair MLA: "We simply can’t allow this to go off the radar."

⬇️ Lough Neagh Partnership led an information session at Stormont today.

📰 Belfast Telegraph

#loughneagh #environment

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environ...
November 13, 2023 at 10:58 PM
ecameron.bsky.social
Terrible 😢
#loughneagh
The 400 sq km freshwater lough is choking on recurring toxic algal blooms that coat the surface, kill wildlife, unleash stenches and make the lake all but unusable. Eel fishing has been suspended and tourists have fled.
#pollution
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘It’s dying in front of our eyes’: how the UK’s largest lake became an ecological disaster
Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh choked by toxic algae
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
sharonwelby.bsky.social
We all live under the same sky. Oxford Island Nature Reserve Northern Ireland #loughNeagh #sunset #stormHour #ThePhotoHour
August 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
lpcooley.bsky.social
Really pleased to have had an article that helps to explain this situation accepted by @bjpir.bsky.social this afternoon – the result of an ongoing collaboration with two of my favourite people, @tagarin.bsky.social and Elliott Hill. It will hopefully be in print soon. #LoughNeagh
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
billylinehan.bsky.social
Archbishops, Moderator & President of churches in Ireland expressed concern at the impact of the “ecological deterioration” at Lough Neagh.

The delegation visited Lough Neagh and Coney Island.
#loughneagh #pollution
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
Archbishop expresses concern at condition of Lough Neagh
The Catholic Archbishop of Ireland has expressed concern at the impact of the “ecological deterioration” at Lough Neagh.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM