River associations based around Lough Neagh are coming together to form a new group which aims to conserve, protect and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

August 10, 2023 at 2:41pm BST. A vast stretch of Lough Neagh's shore line this week was cloaked in what locals insist is toxic blue-green algae that has once again surfaced following heavy rain ...

Lough Neagh supplies 40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water. It also sustains a major eel fishing industry. Noxious blooms of algae have covered large parts of the lough across the summer.