Latest Publications
Hydrology Summary Bulletin - December 2025
Hydrology bulletin on rainfall, river flows, lake levels, groundwater levels and spring outflows for December 2025, January 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
Research 504: Sustainable, Biodegradable, Compostable and Recyclable Plastics for Packaging and End-of-life Management
Authors: Ramesh Babu Padamati, Kevin O’Connor, Purabi Bhagabati, Jessica De Micco, Saranya Rameshkumar, Bryan Dalton, Meryem Aqlil, Eoin Bird, Percy Foster and Tony Breton , January 2026
Year: 2026
In Ireland, plastic waste accounted for nearly 25% of total packaging waste in 2023, with only one-third of this waste recycled. The BioPOST project, led by a team in Trinity College, explored creating biodegradable plastic as sustainable alternatives to support Ireland’s commitment to meet the 55% recycling target by 2030 under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Testing sorting systems and exploring sustainable recycling options on a pilot scale were also central to the research. Pilot trials achieved 60–90% segregation of biodegradable plastics using optical sorting and demonstrated that most blends were compostable under Irish industrial conditions. Findings show current infrastructural deficits impede effective segregation and recovery and recommend the need for systems for labelling, collection, and recycling to enable bioplastic circularity. Policy actors are provided with feasible options and evidence to produce, sort and recycle biodegradable plastic composites.
Broadford Audit 07/11/2025
Year: 2026
Report of an audit carried out at Broadford public drinking water supply Co. Clare on 07/11/2025.
Bennettsbridge Regional Audit 24/10/2025
Year: 2026
Report of an audit carried out at the Bennettsbridge Regional public drinking water supply Co. Kilkenny on 24/10/2025.
Glenmore Audit 24/10/2025
Year: 2026
Report of an audit carried out at Glenmore public drinking water supply Co. Kilkenny on 24/10/2025.
Cigire III (Leibhéal 5) Rialachán um Chosaint Radaíochta
Uimhir phoist: 000542, January 2026
Year: 2026
Tá folúntas ag an EPA do Chigire III (Leibhéal 5) san Aonad Rialála um Chosaint Radaíochta in Oifig an Fhorfheidhmithe Chomhshaoil. Líonfar an folúntas seo i gCigireacht Réigiúnach an EPA i mBaile Átha Cliath nó I gCorcaigh.
Inspector III (Level 5) Radiation Protection Regulation
Post Number: 000542, January 2026
Year: 2026
The EPA has a vacancy for an Inspector III (Level 5) in the Radiation Protection Regulation Unit in the Office of Environmental Enforcement. This vacancy will be filled in the EPA Regional Inspectorate in Dublin or Cork.
Food Waste Charter Report 2024
Year: 2025
This report provides information on the Food Waste Charter Implementation Report 2024
A roadmap for Ireland’s first Bioeconomy Action Plan
Circular Bioeconomy Outlook Study 2030–2050 Prof. Kevin O’Connor, BiOrbic, University College Dublin, December 2025
Year: 2025
Delivered through the EPA’s Fast Track to Policy Programme, and jointly funded with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, this research provided rapid, evidence based insights that played a central role in shaping Ireland’s National Bioeconomy Action Plan ( 2023–2025).
EPA submission: Ireland’s draft sixth Nitrates Action Programme and associated Strategic Environmental Assessment statement (EPAC-3625)
Year: 2025
EPA submission on Ireland’s draft sixth Nitrates Action Programme and the associated Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) statement, in response to the public consultation by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Checklist for application for status of authorised CBAM declarant
Use this checklist to make sure you have provided all the necessary information in your application for the status of Authorised CBAM Declarant. , December 2025
Year: 2025
Draft Third Update of Ireland's National Implementation Plan on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Public Consultation on the draft Third Update of Ireland's National Implementation Plan on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), December 2025
Year: 2025
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are a group of hazardous chemicals that persist in the environment, can bioaccumulate in the food chain, and can be toxic to human health and the environment. Examples of POPs include some older pesticides such as DDT, flame retardants found in older furniture, specific types of industrial chemicals, some of which were used in firefighting foam, and pollutants released from illegal burning of waste. The UN Stockholm Convention on POPs is a global treaty which aims to protect human health and the environment from POPs. Ireland became a Party to this Convention in 2010 and is required to develop a National Implementation Plan (NIP) on POPs and update it as necessary. The EPA is preparing the Third Update of Ireland’s National Implementation Plan on POPs. The draft updated plan outlines where POPs are found in Ireland; research and monitoring across air, water, food and waste; and actions to reduce and eliminate POPs.