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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 16/10/2026

Following on from our explainer post yesterday, here is SWAN's full opening statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs delivered by Marine and Coastal Policy Officer Emma Armshaw.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 14/10/2026

Still time to take part in @coastwatch-ire.bsky.social survey! Survey extended until October 20th. Find out more info and download the survey forms in English and Irish here www.coastwatch.org/all-ireland-surv…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 02/10/2026

LOCATION CHANGE!! The in person location for the conference will now be at the Gibson Hotel, Point Square, Dublin 1. Register here to join us f.mtr.cool/y8xre3kj54

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 27/09/2026

World Rivers Day 2026 This World Rivers Day we are leaving you with a message from our member Bernie from the Environmental Forum. The River Bandon was known as the Goddess River. A sign of the vital importance it once held and still holds. But are we treating our rivers like a Goddess?

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 24/09/2026

Don't forget to register for our upcoming conference! We have collaborated with PAN Europe, the Environmental Forum and the Environmental Pillar to hold a conference on pesticides. This is a matter of protecting our health, water and biodiversity! Register here f.mtr.cool/misr8wo4dd

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 21/09/2026

Only a few days left of the Big River Watch 2026 run by @theriverstrust! ✊This is your opportunity to do your bit for rivers and take part in citizen science. Sign up here f.mtr.cool/44mkoys1j8

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 18/09/2026

🥳Join the Big River Watch 2026! Today the Rivers Trust kicks off the Big River Watch citizen science event. Sign up here f.mtr.cool/f1rt2blub7

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 09/09/2026

Join us on October 6th in person and online for the 'Protect Our Health, Water & Biodiversity From Pesticides' conference 🌱💧🐝 Register here for the conference f.mtr.cool/uuwetr51ap

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 31/08/2026

Blackwater A Year On! Have we learned nothing? August marks one year since the DEVASTATING fish kill on the Blackwater river in 2025. Over 40,000 fish killed! Summer 2026 has seen a spate of fish kills across the country. We cannot normalise these disasters! We need urgent action now ✊

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 28/08/2026

Follow along with us on our trip to Cork to meet some of SWAN's members!😎 A massive thank you to the Environmental Forum and Nature Network Ireland for showing us the incredible work they do. Stay tuned for more 👀

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 27/08/2026

"Implementation! Implementation! Enforcement!" Check out our Freshwater Policy Officer Dr Puneeta Sreenivas comments on Clare FM today. Listen back to the full interview here www.clare.fm/news/environmental-sci…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 25/08/2026

SWAN Freshwater Policy Officer, Dr Puneeta Sreenivas spoke to the Meath Chronicle about pressures facing rivers and the impact climate change is having. 🔗Link to the Meath Chronicle in comments 👇

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 18/08/2026

Water sources are under pressure according to the EPA and will take some time to fully recover, with more than 60% of river flows falling below normal levels! Read the full Irish Examiner report here www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-418…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 13/08/2026

Yet another fisk kill!! We cannot normalise these events. Our rivers are sending us a clear message. Sign up to our newsletter for ways to take action ✊ swanireland.ie/email-news-signup Link to read the full article in comments 👇

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 12/08/2026

🏊'Do not swim' notice in Malahide following water pollution incident ❗ Listen back to SWAN's freshwater policy officer Dr Puneeta Sreenivas react on Newstalk www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/the...

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 06/08/2026

Do you want to do your part in protecting Ireland's iconic wild salmon? Have you signed our petition yet? ✊ Sign the petition to call for the phase out of the destructive and cruel practice of open-net fish farming. 📝👇 swanireland.ie/take-action/ban-open…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 05/08/2026

Meet Our Members! Today we're introducing Carra Mask Corrib Water Protection Group. Watch the video to learn more about the great work being done including to protect Ireland's longest living animal 👀

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 04/08/2026

"Open net cage farming is just not suitable for Ireland, or any other country for that matter" - John Murphy, Salmon Watch Ireland. This destructive & cruel practice must be phased out. Sign our petition to call for it📝👇 swanireland.ie/take-action/ban-open…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 04/08/2026

❗More than 500 fish found dead in Tolka river! 🐟Species found included brown trout, eel, stickleback, lamprey and minnow. Read more here www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0802/15…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 31/07/2026

Check out SWANs feature in the Irish Independents Climate Changemakers article here www.independent.ie/lifestyle/climat… Sign up to our newsletter here swanireland.ie/email-news-signup

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 31/07/2026

Another DEVASTATING fish kill!! 4,500 fish reported found dead over 2km stretch of river flowing through Co. Cavan. ❗These disasters need to stop.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 30/07/2026

🚨Pearl Mussel Kill on the Owenriff river in Co. Galway! Devastating news shared with us by our member organisation, Carra Mask Corrib Water Protection Group! Much more needs to be done to protect freshwater pearl mussels and the clean, free-flowing rivers on which they depend.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 29/07/2026

Check out SWANs feature in the Irish Independents Climate Changemakers article here www.independent.ie/lifestyle/climat… Sign up to our newsletter here swanireland.ie/email-news-signup

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 20/07/2026

Galway Harbour, the Barrow River, and the Tolka River listed as “potential contamination hotspots” in research commissioned by the EPA. Read the full Independent article here www.independent.ie/irish-news/poten…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 16/07/2026

SWAN Policy Officer, Emma spoke on Highland Radio about the devastating impacts of open-net fish farming on wild salmon in Ireland. Time is running out to save this iconic species. Sign SWAN's petition to ban open net fish farming. swanireland.ie/take-action/ban-open…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 16/07/2026

Our petition to ban the destructive and cruel practice of open-net fish farms in Ireland has got over 1,000 signatures in a day! 🐟🎉 Thanks to all who have signed 👏👏👏 Please share & like so we can get much more ♻️ The link to the petition & more info on it is here 👇 swanireland.ie/take-action/...

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 09/07/2026

@eeb.org's water asks for Irish Presidency of Council of EU 💧Support ambitious Water Resilience Strategy 💧Pushback against weakening of EU main water law & nitrates law & push for implementation instead 💧Adoption of the Council Conclusions ahead of the UN Water Conference eeb.org/wp-content/u...

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 09/07/2026

Listen back to SWAN's Freshwater Policy Officer, Dr Puneeta Sreenivas on @nearfm.ie discussing water pollution, enforcement and fish kills in Ireland. Full interview available here listenagain.org/?p=62028

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 08/07/2026

SWAN's own Emma Armshaw featured in UCC's Alumni magazine talking about her role as Marine and Coastal Policy Officer at SWAN and inspiring career change to play her part in saving the seas 🌊 Read the article on page 10 here issuu.com/discoverucc/docs/the_brid…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 08/07/2026

Three years of promises. Still no strong legislation to protect our seas. 🌊 Ireland’s seas don’t have the time to wait for another round of delays while marine life and coastal communities remain at risk. 🐳 #30x30 #FairSeas

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 07/07/2026

"What we would say is that the government is failing both water quality and it's failing farmers" We were asked last week at Oireachtas Committee about the need to give farmers credit for work done & not just blame for water pollution. Something we are often asked. Listen to our response here.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 06/07/2026

“There should be a zero tolerance approach to issues like this moving forward” – Dr Puneeta Sreenivas, SWAN. The issue of wastewater featured heavily at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tuesday. Watch back some of points raised by SWAN and the Irish Environmental Network.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 01/07/2026

Watch back the opening statement from Katie Smirnova of our sister network the Irish Environmental Network at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs yesterday.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 01/07/2026

"We would say it is legislation from a bygone era" Watch back our answers to questions on the Arterial Drainage Act yesterday at an Oireachtas Committee meeting. There is a commitment to review the act in the Government's Water Action Plan but nothing has been done on it.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 01/07/2026

"We need to move away from making plans to write plans to seeing evidence-based actions implemented on the ground. Until we do that our water bodies will continue to disimprove" - Dr Elaine McGoff Watch back Dr Elaine McGoff from SWAN member An Taisce at the Joint Oireachtas Committee yesterday.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 30/06/2026

SWAN's Dr. Puneeta Sreenivas and Dr. Elaine McGoff after presenting at a Joint Oireachtas Committee today. Plenty of important points were made, and good debates were had. Watch out for videos!

Photo of Dr. Puneeta Sreenivas and Dr. Elaine McGoff

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 30/06/2026

📣LAST CHANCE!! Use your voice for nature and submit to the consultation on Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan before July 1st. To have your say email your views to nationalrestorationplan@npws.gov.ie or visit our website for more info swanireland.ie/take-action/...

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 26/06/2026

Good to see TDs this week bringing to the Taoiseach some of the issues around bathing water quality & sewage that we have been raising. Our coastal waters, lakes and rivers must be free of this faecal pollution. 💩 Our health & the health of our wildlife that live in our waters are threatened. 🤮

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 25/06/2026

We are urging YOU to make a submission to the public consultation on Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan🫵 Email your views to nationalrestorationplan@npws.gov.ie. before July 1st and see more about our key priorities on our webpage swanireland.ie/take-action/nature-r…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 22/06/2026

If your swimming spot was one of the nearly 40 swimming spots that had swim restrictions due to the risk of pollution over the sunny weekend, you may be wondering how Ireland compares to the rest of Europe for bathing water quality. We're very much below average 🙁 Govt needs to do much more.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 19/06/2026

Looking good for the beach for the weekend 😎🏊‍♂️ ... or is it 🤔? 39 of our bathing waters have swim restrictions due to the risk of pollution, mainly from sewage & agriculture 🤮💩 www.beaches.ie The government needs to stop this pollution now! 🛑Tell them.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 19/06/2026

Important point made by Jennifer Whitmore TD, at the Oireachtas Committee SWAN attended this week, on the amount of Uisce Eireann plants failing to meet EPA licensing due to operational issues. These need to be addressed urgently.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 19/06/2026

The section of the Fisheries Act that allows licences for aquaculture to be kept for years and years, after they have run out, without environmental assessment, needs to be amended much more urgently.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 19/06/2026

Stop this! Destructive industries want to tear down the EU laws protecting nature, including our seas. The science is clear. The laws work. Keep them. Help us keep their #HandsOffNature Sign our petition: swanireland.ie/take-action/hands-of…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 18/06/2026

Listen back to SWAN's Freshwater Policy Officer, Puneeta Sreenivas, on Athlone Today, discuss the key takeaways from the EPA's latest Water Quality in Ireland report and what people can do to make a difference.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 18/06/2026

The govt is starting to draft its next plan for our rivers, lakes & coasts. They want you to send them any issues & challenges you have. Please send these to WAUConsultation@housing.gov.ie. The deadline is tomorrow. Here are our key recommendations to help: swanireland.ie/wp-content/u...

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 17/06/2026

Read SWAN's full response to the EPA's latest Water Quality in Ireland 2025 Report here swanireland.ie/2026/06/state-cant-k…

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 17/06/2026

Good to hear Minister O'Sullivan speaking at the EPA Water Conference about the need to tackle damaging drainage on our rivers. However, it's nearly two years since a review of the Arterial Drainage Act was committed to in the Government's plan for water, and no sign of anything being done on this.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 17/06/2026

Department reporting on Ireland's Water Action Plan and how two years before plan is complete one sixth of the actions are delayed or not started. We need more urgent implementation of this plan for our water.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 17/06/2026

At EPA water conference, EPA laying out how improvement in the health of our waters just isn't happening with further declines in our best quality rivers particularly alarming. We must have stronger measures and more effective enforcement. "Clean water is not optional"

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