Perch fish are eaten by herons as well as humans [PA Media] Some toxins have been found in the flesh of some fish in Lough Neagh for the first time, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed.

Communities around Lough Neagh are probably some of the only people who rejoice at the colder, stormier weather of winter. For two years now, the sunshine and settled forecast of the warmer seasons ...

How do you solve a problem like Lough Neagh? Blue-green algae has been detected in the lough intermittently over the past six decades. But the past three summers have seen the biggest blooms since the ...

Communities around Lough Neagh are probably some of the only people who rejoice at the colder, stormier weather of winter. For two years now, the sunshine and settled forecast of the warmer seasons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bluetongue virus was detected in County Down in 2025 [Getty Images] After the past 12 months, anyone in the agriculture and ...

The algae growth is fuelled by industrial, agricultural, sewage pollution, and climate change. Blue-green algae blooms have covered much of Lough Neagh for the third consecutive year Pollution from ...

Swimming could resume in Lough Neagh in a matter of months, but only if there are suitable weather conditions. Signs warning against swimming in the lough were put up over the summer due to blue-green ...

The recovery of Lough Neagh, which has been blighted with pollution and blue-green algae blooms, could take decades, Stormont’s Environment Minister has said. Andrew Muir was speaking following ...

Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is being plagued by toxic algae blooms, prompting concern from locals and environmentalists. Love Our Lough, a group of concerned citizens, staged a wake for Lough ...

Some toxins have been found in the flesh of some fish in Lough Neagh for the first time, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed. However, it said commercially harvested fish from the lough ...