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EnvironmentThis dataset shows the direction of river flow realted to the EPA/OSi river network dataset.
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This is a polygon dataset of the strategic noise mapping of airports, in the form of noise contours for the Lden (day) and Lnight (night) periods for Dublin and Cork agglomerations airports. The Db Value represents the average decibel value during the day time.
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EnvironmentRiver Basins of the Republic of Ireland, created for Article 3 Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC).
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EnvironmentSolid waste heaps of differing substances such as stockpiles of low grade ore.
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Point locations of seepages and discharges found at mine sites.
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National Monuments Service - Archaeological Survey of IrelandDepartment of Housing, Local Government and HeritageEnvironmentThis Archaeological Survey of Ireland dataset is published from the database of the National Monuments Service Sites and Monuments Record (SMR). This dataset also can be viewed and interrogated through the online Historic Environment Viewer:...
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EnvironmentBefore the Habitats Directive, only four lagoons were at all well known in Ireland (Lady’s Island Lake, Tacumshin Lake, Lough Murree, Furnace Lough) and very few biological studies had been published. Under the obligations of the Directive, the National Parks and Wildlife...
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Urban Waste Water Agglomerations causing a key pollution pressure on rivers or lakesEnvironmental Protection AgencyGovernmentThis shows the urban areas where waste water discharges were identified as the sole pollution pressure on water bodies at risk of not achieving good status. You can get more information on the status of local water bodies, and the environmental pressures which may be causing...
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This is a points dataset of licensed and licensable Section 4 discharges to water to support the characterisation of waterbodies for the 3rd Cycle of River Basin Management Planning and beyond. These sites were collected by EPA, in conjunction with the Local Authorities, in...
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Register of Protected Areas - Lake Water Bodies in Bathing LocationsEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentWFD Lake Water Bodies interesting with Designated Bathing Waters under S.I. No. 79/2008 and S.I. No. 351/2011 Bathing Water Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and all relevant previous Statutory Instruments.
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EnvironmentThis GIS dataset holds positive records from the National Otter Survey of Ireland 1980/1981 by the Vincent Wildlife Trust. The survey was the first systematic study of otters and their wetland and coastal habitats to be undertaken throughout the Republic of Ireland and...
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EnvironmentThis GIS dataset holds positive records from the National Otter Survey of Ireland 2004/2005. The third Otter Survey of Ireland was carried out between August 2004 and August 2005. A total of 525 sites were included in the survey, distributed widely across the country, although...
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Industrial Emissions (IE) and Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) FacilitiesEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentThis is a point dataset of emission site facility locations. These include Industrial Emissions (IE), Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) and Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) EPA licenced facilities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the competent...
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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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This layer represents the risk for each waterbody of failing to meet their Water Framework Directive (WFD) objectives by 2027. The risk of not meeting WFD objectives was determined by assessment of monitoring data, data on the pressures and data on the measures that have been...
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EnvironmentMax concentrations in 2014 for Faecal Coliform (per 100ml) in samples from monitoring locations on the Irish Environmental Protection Agency Water Framework Directive (WFD) Groundwater Monitoring Network.
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Water Management Units delineated for Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
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Corine Land Cover 2006 Revised is a revised map of the Irish environmental landscape based on interpretation of satellite images. It is based on EU devised Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.
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Commonage Framework Planning was a joint initiative between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Department of Agriculture and Food. Teams combining agricultural and ecological skills to assess the sustainable use of these areas have surveyed all known commonage...
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This dataset contains the overall interim coastal waterbody status results, monitored as part of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) objectives to achieve or maintain at least good ecological status and good chemical status by 2015.
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