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The EPA carries out a programme of round-the-clock measurements from our permanent monitoring network and a programme of sampling followed by laboratory testing. We take and test around 2000 samples every year. Most samples are taken from fixed locations throughout Ireland....
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Research cruise survey tracks generated from underway and windmill stations for Celtic Voyager cruises completed between 1997 and 2015. Survey operations have been undertaken across many scientific disciplines including geology, biology, chemistry, oceanography and marine...
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This dataset shows the overall risk status result for ground waterbodies (2008). The risk status was calculated as part of the Article 5 characterisation and risk assessment report carried out on all waterbodies. It identified those at risk of failing the objectives of the...
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EnvironmentThe Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage publishes annual RAPTOR (Recording and Addressing Persecution and Threats to Our Raptors) reports on threats to birds of prey. This csv dataset for download here represents the tabular data that is core to those reports....
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This dataset contains status results based on the assessment of groundwater chemical and quantitative figures in Ireland. This is drawn from representative monitoring points selected specifically for the Water Framework Directive (WFD) groundwater monitoring programme.
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EnvironmentThis dataset shows water quality monitoring and assessments carried out on Irish Coastal Waters for the Reporting period 2010-2012.
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Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need...
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National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map – Supporting Ecosystem Service Information: Habitat...Department of Housing, Local Government, and HeritageEnvironmentThis dataset contains a habitat asset register for Ireland, e.g. a national scale habitat map conflating all nationally relevant habitat data into one dataset. This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale) for a set of...
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EnvironmentThe Connemara 2D Model provides data for Galway Bay on the oceanographic surface parameters: (zeta) Sea Level Height (m), Barotropic Sea Water X Velocity (m/sec), and Barotropic Sea Water Y Velocity (m/sec). Users of the download service can choose a datetime, XY velocity...
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Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need...
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National Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services Map - Ecosystem Service Stock Map: Vegetation CarbonDepartment of Housing, Local Government, and HeritageEnvironmentThis dataset contains a raster file showing the contribution of land to the regulation of greenhouse gases (carbon) through carbon sequestration associated with the vegetation. This dataset is part of a dataset series that establishes an ecosystem service maps (national scale)...
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This GIS dataset holds records for Pine marten as stored in the species database held by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Records stem from a variety of data sources, which can be viewed in the shapefile attribute table. As the records come from different sources, no...
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SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) is a third-generation wave model which was primarily developed for use in coastal regions. The operational East_Atlantic model used to generate this dataset was an implementation of the SWAN model for Irish waters. The East Atlantic SWAN Wave...
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This review presents information on the status of selected shellfish stocks in Ireland. In addition data on the fleet (<13m) and landings for all species of shellfish (excluding Nephrops) are presented. The intention of the annual reviews is to present stock assessment and...
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Register of Protected Areas - Nutrient Sensitive Areas River WaterbodiesEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentWFD River Waterbodies intersecting with designated Nutrient Sensitive Areas waterbodies in accordance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment (UWWT) Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Waste Water Treatment and S.I. 254 / 2001, S.I. 440/2004 and S.I. 48/2010.
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The Blue Flag is an exclusive eco-label awarded for beaches and marinas by the FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education). In 2013 a total of 74 beaches of 133 were awarded the Blue Flag in the Republic of Ireland. They are selected through strict criteria dealing with water...
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Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need...
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EnvironmentSUPERSEDED - The version has been superseded. And a new edition is now available under the Atlas of Commercial Fisheries around Ireland, Fourth Edition, 2024. This atlas provides a series of detailed maps of commercial fishing activity around Ireland with the aim of providing...
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EnvironmentCorine Land Cover 2000 is a map of the Irish environmental landscape based on interpretation of satellite images based on EC established CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.
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National Survey of Limestone Pavement and Associated Habitats in IrelandDepartment of Housing, Local Government, and HeritageEnvironmentThis project completed a detailed field survey of 26 limestone pavement and associated habitat monitoring sites, and 17 proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA) sites. Several 100m x 100m (1ha) plots were selected within each monitoring site. The habitats within each plot were...
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