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EPA submission: Public Consultation on the Significant Water Management Issues for the fourth cycle Water Action Plan 2028-2033.(EPA Ref: EPAC-0426)

Year: 2026

EPA response to the Public Consultation on the Significant Water Management Issues for the fourth cycle Water Action Plan 2028-2033.

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Survey on Attitudes to Radiation in Ireland

December 2025, June 2026

Year: 2026

This report presents the findings of an online survey carried out by Interactions Research in December 2025 on behalf of EPA to assess the attitudes of the public in Ireland to radiation.

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Charleville Audit 22/04/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Charleville public drinking water supply, Co. Cork on 22/04/2026.

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Carrigcleena Audit 22/04/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Carrigcleena public drinking water supply, Co. Cork on 22/04/2026.

Cover image for the EPA report “Water Quality in 2025: An Indicators Report”. The image shows a clear coastal landscape with rocky shoreline in the foreground, shallow tidal pools, and calm blue sea stretching towards distant mountains under a bright, cloudless sky. A small wooded headland appears on the right. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) logo is positioned at the top.

Water Quality in Ireland 2025

An Indicators Report, June 2026

Year: 2026

This report looks at how Ireland’s water quality has changed in 2025, using the latest monitoring data for rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries and coastal waters. Overall, the report shows no major change in water quality in 2025. Nutrient levels remain too high in a large proportion of water bodies. Levels fluctuate year on year but are not improving overall over the long term. The biological health of our rivers and lakes has shown little change with slightly more than half (54%) in good or better biological quality.

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Hydrology Summary Bulletin - May 2026

Hydrology bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows for May 2026,, June 2026

Year: 2026

Hydrology Summary Bulletin outlining the flows in rivers, rainfall, lake and turlough levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows of over 300 stations across Ireland for the month

Register of Active 2026 PAN Organisations on 16th June 2026

Year: 2026

Register of Active 2026 PAN Organisations on 16th June 2026

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EPA Research Impact Case Study: WaterMARKE

Year: 2026

EPA Research 2030 is designed to be agile, responsive, and flexible, and aims to deliver timely and impactful research to support policy and decision making, and to address knowledge gaps in existing and emerging environmental pressures. The EPA Research Impact Case Studies provide examples and insights from EPA-funded projects and the impact they have achieved.

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Climate Ireland Adaptation Network Working Group 4: Resilience indicator development

Year: 2026

The Climate Ireland Adaptation Network is a practitioner network aimed at sharing expertise and creating learning opportunities around adaptation in Ireland as well as improving the consistency of adaptation implementation. The four working groups were established to enable participants to share their views, practices, and perspectives around four key challenges for adaptation in Ireland. A primary goal of the CIAN working groups was to enhance communication between stakeholders, build stronger links across Ireland’s adaptation community, and provide a forum to discuss adaptation topics and identify practitioner needs and knowledge gaps. The final reports represent the consensus from discussions of members of the relevant working groups.

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Climate Ireland Adaptation Network Working Group 3: Resilient decision-making

Year: 2026

The Climate Ireland Adaptation Network is a practitioner network aimed at sharing expertise and creating learning opportunities around adaptation in Ireland as well as improving the consistency of adaptation implementation. The four working groups were established to enable participants to share their views, practices, and perspectives around four key challenges for adaptation in Ireland. A primary goal of the CIAN working groups was to enhance communication between stakeholders, build stronger links across Ireland’s adaptation community, and provide a forum to discuss adaptation topics and identify practitioner needs and knowledge gaps. The final reports represent the consensus from discussions of members of the relevant working groups.

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Climate Ireland Adaptation Network Working Group 2: Just resilience

Year: 2026

The Climate Ireland Adaptation Network is a practitioner network aimed at sharing expertise and creating learning opportunities around adaptation in Ireland as well as improving the consistency of adaptation implementation. The four working groups were established to enable participants to share their views, practices, and perspectives around four key challenges for adaptation in Ireland. A primary goal of the CIAN working groups was to enhance communication between stakeholders, build stronger links across Ireland’s adaptation community, and provide a forum to discuss adaptation topics and identify practitioner needs and knowledge gaps. The final reports represent the consensus from discussions of members of the relevant working groups.

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Climate Ireland Adaptation Network Working Group 1: Technical definitions underpinning resilience

Year: 2026

The Climate Ireland Adaptation Network is a practitioner network aimed at sharing expertise and creating learning opportunities around adaptation in Ireland as well as improving the consistency of adaptation implementation. The four working groups were established to enable participants to share their views, practices, and perspectives around four key challenges for adaptation in Ireland. A primary goal of the CIAN working groups was to enhance communication between stakeholders, build stronger links across Ireland’s adaptation community, and provide a forum to discuss adaptation topics and identify practitioner needs and knowledge gaps. The final reports represent the consensus from discussions of members of the relevant working groups.

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Glanworth Audit 12/03/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Glanworth public drinking water supply, Co. Cork on 12/03/2026.

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Bantry Cahernacrin Audit 26/03/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Bantry Cahernacrin public drinking water supply, Co. Cork on 26/03/2026

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Bantry Derryginagh Audit 26/03/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Bantry Derryginagh public drinking water supply, Co. Cork on 26/03/2026.

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Boyle Regional Audit 02/03/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Boyle Regional public drinking water supply, Co. Roscommon on 02/03/2026.

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Carndonagh Audit 15/04/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Carndonagh public drinking water supply, Co Donegal on 15/04/2026.

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Inishowen East Audit 16/04/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at the Inishowen East public drinking water supply, Co. Donegal on 16/04/2026.

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Inishowen West Audit 16/04/2026

Year: 2026

Report of an audit carried out at Inishowen West public drinking water supply, Co. Donegal on 16/04/2026.

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EPA Research Impact Case Study: Building Capability

Year: 2026

EPA Research 2030 is designed to be agile, responsive, and flexible, and aims to deliver timely and impactful research to support policy and decision making, and to address knowledge gaps in existing and emerging environmental pressures. The EPA Research Impact Case Studies provide examples and insights from EPA-funded projects and the impact they have achieved.