Blue-green algae has been detected in Lough Neagh for the first time in 2025, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has confirmed. The lough, the UK's largest freshwater lake, has been ...

BBC News NI is focusing on the issues at Lough Neagh and how to fix them. The lough has been blighted by toxic blue-green algae since June. It is the largest freshwater lake in the UK and Ireland ...

The plight of Lough Neagh is being highlighted by a major festival with blue-green algae from the lough being displayed in a water cooler. Images of the toxic substance are also being shown on digital ...

Toxic blue-green algae in Lough Neagh has potentially begun to wake up again already, with two confirmed reports since the start of 2024. Last summer, it brought the largest freshwater lake in ...

Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater body by surface area in the UK and Ireland, covering nearly 400 square km (154 square miles), an area greater than the size of Malta.

Algae in a bay on the shore of Lough Neagh this past week. Blue-green algae is "back with a vengeance", according to the Lough Neagh Partnership. (Getty) Tommy Greene. Tue Jul 23 2024 - 06:00 ...

Images of the toxic substance are also being shown on digital billboards as part of the Belfast Photo Festival. Blue-green algae returned to Lough Neagh in April after noxious blooms covered large ...

Blue-green algae returned to Lough Neagh in April after noxious blooms covered large swathes of the UK’s largest freshwater lake by surface area during the previous two summers and also affected ...