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EPA Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct for EPA Directors and Staff, January 2025

Year: 2025

This document sets down the general principles and standards which govern the professional activities and conduct of directors and staff of the Environmental Protection Agency

Food Systems: Food Vision Dashboard

Year: 2025

Presentation by Aidan Gormley, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine at the European Environment Agency Ireland country visit 17 October 2024.

FOI Disclosure Log to end December 2024

Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, January 2025

Year: 2025

Details of non-personal requests received under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, published on a quarterly basis.

Radon Remediation Services Registration Form

Registration form and guidelines for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA, January 2025

Year: 2025

Registration form, requirements and guideline notes for companies wishing to register as a remediation service with the EPA

Research 474

Research 474: Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration (CLEAR)

Authors: Brendan O’Connor, Geoff Oliver, Tony Cawley, Cilian Roden, Philip Perrin, Rutger de Witt, Kevin McCaffrey and Aisha O’Connor, January 2025

Year: 2025

Lagoons of good conservation status are dominated by benthic macrophytes rather than phytoplankton blooms. Lady’s Island Lake in Wexford is one of Ireland’s largest lagoons, it is also one of our most eutrophic lagoons, this contrast with the 1980s when clear water was matched by a well-developed benthic sward of widgeon grass. This research conducted a suite of investigations into the reasons for the decline and compared the results with a less impacted saline lagoon. The results show severe degradation in Lady’s Island Lake with over 10 times higher chlorophyll a levels. Runoff of excessive nutrient inputs of nitrogen and possibly phosphorus from agriculture are identified as the main cause of eutrophication. A proposal to replace sea barrier breaching with a pipe also poses a serious risk to reducing lagoonal salinity. The research proposes a range of remedial measures to protect and improve the benthic quality of Lady’s Island Lake and other saline lagoons in Ireland.

Publications (original) (raw)

Latest Publications

EPA Code of Conduct

Food Systems: Food Vision Dashboard

FOI Disclosure Log to end December 2024

Radon Remediation Services Registration Form

Research 474: Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration (CLEAR)

Newport Audit 13/11/2024

Lisbrock Audit 16/10/2024

Rockhill Audit 13/11/2024

Athlacca Audit 13/11/2024

Stradbally Audit 07/11/2024

Scrahan Audit 07/11/2024

Sneem Audit 14/11/2024