Environmental campaigners in Northern Ireland are worried about pollution in a large lake called Lough Neagh. The water from Lough Neagh provides half of Belfast's drinking water and around 40% for ...

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 It ...

Having been for so long peripheral to its power politics, Lough Neagh has become a central concern for Northern Ireland’s decision-makers over recent weeks. Ireland’s biggest inland water body – and ...

Lough Neagh Partnership is to spend up to £250,000 looking at the future management of Ireland’s largest fresh water body, including potential public ownership. The organisation, the board of which ...

Northern Ireland needs a single governmental body to protect its natural environment, a rally to raise awareness of issues facing Lough Neagh has heard. During the summer months, the lough was ...

Agencies say toxic blue-green algae, thought to be driven by farm runoff and sewage, recorded at levels not seen since 1970s Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the British Isles, has ...

Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK and Ireland, is being poisoned by a toxic blue-green algae on an apocalyptic scale. It is killing fish, birds and dogs and there are serious concerns ...

Despite its name, blue-green algae is not actually alga. It's a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria, which inhabit fresh and coastal waters and need sunlight, nutrients and carbon dioxide to grow.