East Coast FM – Weekly Tips 11 – Clean Coasts Love your Coasts
This week on Ours to Protect East Coast FM looked at the Clean Coasts’ ‘Love Your Coast’ Photography Competition. Here are tips to protect the coastal environment. Always take your litter away with you. Take a reusable water bottle and recycle waste. Plastic is the enemy of the seaside. It contains chemicals that are […]
Ocean FM – Weekly Tips 21 – Sligo Rivers Trust
Did you know? Only 1% of all the water on earth is freshwater Sligo Rivers Trust was set up to help and support people who want to take care of their own rivers, lakes and coasts by looking at ways they can reduce pollution, increase biodiversity and help restore nature. There are already 21 […]
Galway Bay FM – Weekly Tips 21 – Responsible Waste Disposal
Did you know… The ‘Dirty Dozen’ are the top twelve items that are incorrectly flushed down Irish toilets such as wipes, cotton pads, dental floss and food items. More than 1 in 10 people still admit to flushing wipes down the toilet- the under 35 age category is most likely to do so, […]
Galway Bay FM – Weekly Episode 21 – Responsible Waste Disposal
Listen back to this week’s episode as John chats about The Think Before You Flush campaign with Iarla Moran of Uisce Eireann. For more in this series listen in to Galway Bay every Thursday at 11.30am
Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 21 – Irish water & Donegal seaweed
This week Highland Radio spoke to Irish Water and Donegal Seaweed. Did you know? Buncrana is one of 17 Think Before Your Flush communities in Ireland! Ragging – this is when unflushable items are flushed and cause blockage and damage to pumps > https://www.water.ie/help/blockages/think-before-you-flush/ The ‘Dirty Dozen’ are the top 12 most flushed items that […]
Highland Radio – Weekly Episode 21 – Irish water & Donegal seaweed
Listen back to this week’s episode as Donna Marie Doherty chats to Iarla Moran, Irish Water & Geraldine Walsh, Donegal Seaweed about water pollution. For more in this series listen in to Highland Radio every Tuesday at 12.30pm
LMFM – Weekly Tips 19 – Lough Neagh Algae Bloom
Did you know? Lough Neagh is the largest lake in Ireland and the largest body of freshwater in Britain and Ireland. It has a surface area of 383km2 and borders five of the six counties in Northern Ireland. What’s happening? The Lough is currently suffering from a widespread outbreak of Blue/Green Algae. These Algal blooms […]
LMFM – Weekly Episode 19 – Lough Neagh Algae Bloom
Lough Neagh is the largest lake in Ireland and the largest body of freshwater in Britain and Ireland. It has a surface area of 383km2 and borders five of the six counties in Northern Ireland. The Lough is currently suffering from a widespread outbreak of Blue/Green Algae. These Algal blooms are harmful to humans, and […]
Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 17 – Think before you flush!
Did You Know: The only thing you should flush down the toilet are the 3 P’s – poo, pee and paper. If you flush other things down the toilet, they don’t break dow. They end up blocking pipes, or ending up as waste in our streams, rivers and beaches which is harmful to the […]
Midwest Radio – Weekly Tips 17 – Water for everyone
This week Midwest Radio took a trip to the Killaturley group water site just outside of Swinford Did you know… The group water scheme in Killaturley was set up over 50 years ago, when a famer stumbled upon the source. They now supply water to most of the town of Swinford. Local group water schemes […]
