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Public Meeting on cancer-causing chemical contamination at Dublin Airport

Airport, Environment, WaterBy Ian CareyMarch 15, 2024

A public meeting is being held to discuss the impact of PFAS chemical exposure and noise from Dublin Airport, next Thursday. The St Margarets The Ward FORUM group, is organising the meeting following the news that Fingal County Council have used their regulatory powers to force the Dublin Airport Authority to release all the information…

Sewage leak in Knocksedan flows into Ward River Valley

Waste, WaterBy Ian CareyFebruary 29, 2024

Multiple pump failures at the Knocksedan waste water pump station led to raw sewage flowing out of it into the nearby Ward River, earlier this week. Locals reported a stream of foul smelling water flowing downhill from Knocksedan into the river. Responding to the reports on Monday council staff attended the scene and the overflow…

Fish bypass to be built at Ward River Arches

Conservation, Swords, WaterBy Ian CareyJune 23, 2023

A number of barriers to migrating fish are to be dismantled along the Ward river and a ‘fish bypass’ is to be installed at the Arches near Ushers Lake, the Fingal Biodiversity Forum has heard. A study of fish along the Ward found that a number of barriers have badly impacted the ability of salmon…

‘Do not swim’ notices issued for two Fingal beaches

Waste, WaterBy Ian CareyJune 16, 2023Leave a comment

The Burrow Beach in Sutton and the Front Strand in Balbriggan have both been closed to bathers this week. The popular Burrow Beach in Sutton has been closed to swimmers for two days following the emergency overflow from a nearby pumping station. The closure is due to end tomorrow when water testing results are expected…

Oil spill into Broadmeadow Estuary being investigated

Conservation, Environment, Swords, WaterBy Ian CareyJune 9, 2023

An outflow pipe near the Seatown Road was found to be pouring oil into the Broadmeadow Estuary. Fingal County Council staff worked to stop the flow of oil from the pipe, using oil absorbant ‘booms’, and have started an investigation to locate the source. The Special Area of Conservation, where recently an Osprey bird was…

Major water outage in Swords planned for Sunday Feb 26th

Swords, WaterBy Ian CareyFebruary 16, 2023

As part of major pipe upgrade, there will be no water available in Swords for much of Sunday Februrary 26th. Water will be shut off from 1am to 11am on the day but it is expected that water distruption will continue for up to 10hours more as the system refills following the outage. Water tankers…

Huge water outage impacts Swords and north county

Swords, WaterBy Ian CareyNovember 25, 2022

A burst watermain led to huge swathes of Swords and Fingal being without water for days earlier this week. Schools, businesses, and childcare facilities had to close for a number of days because of the outage which was difficult to resolve. Many areas suffered two days without water with a number on higher ground left…

Summer blighted by DO NOT SWIM notices: Portmarnock and Balbriggan hit

Environment, Waste, WaterBy Ian CareyAugust 10, 2022

Just as the DO NOT SWIM notice on the iconic Velvet Strand in Portmarnock was lifted last week an extension to the DO NOT SWIM notice in Balbriggan was announced. The notice on the North Strand in Balbriggan, which was first issued on July 25th, has now been extended after tests continued to find elevated…

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