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A municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, town, village or a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Following the Putting People First, Action Programme for Local Government and the...
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In 1703 territorial waters were defined as extending out to three nautical miles of the coast - the distance that could be covered by a cannon shot. In 1958 the Geneva Convention introduced the concept of baselines from which all other measurements would begin. Baselines were...
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Urban Waste Water Treatment Area Boundaries for areas with a population equivalent of more than 500.Environmental Protection AgencyGovernmentThis shows the urban areas with a population equivalent of more than 500 served by a sewage collection system. The boundaries shown in the map are based on the maps provided by the licensee in the EPA's Waste Water Discharge Licence Applications. Further information about each...
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GovernmentThe contiguous zone, the marine boundary between 12NM and 24NM, is the jurisdiction to prevent and or punish infringement of customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws. This zone falls within the Exclusive Economic Zone. The data was created from the EPA Coastal Water...
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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 2nd Cycle of River Basin Management Planning. These sites were collected by RPS, upon appointment by EPA in October 2015. This dataset takes...
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The exclusive economic zone of the State is the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial seas subject to the specific legal regime established in Part V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982, the text of which, in...
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Urban Waste Water Agglomerations Impacting on Freshwater Pearl MusselEnvironmental Protection AgencyGovernmentThis shows all urban areas where improvements to waste water discharges are required to protect freshwater pearl mussel. Further information about urban areas impacting on freshwater pearl mussel waters can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste Water Report on the EPA...
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The location of emission points from Waste facilities (EPA Licensed, applied, closed etc.) In terms of usage of this dataset please note that there is a period of time between when an emission points is licensed and when it appears in this dataset.
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GovernmentA municipal district is an administrative entity comprising a clearly defined territory and its population. It can refer to a city, town, village or a small grouping of them, or a rural area. Following the Putting People First, Action Programme for Local Government and the...
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This dataset shows the location of urban waste water discharges. Further information about each licence and their discharge locations can be found on the EPA website - www.epa.ie.
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Urban Waste Water Agglomerations Failing to meet EU Sewage Treatment StandardsEnvironmental Protection AgencyGovernmentThis shows all urban areas that failed to comply with one or more of the EU sewage treatment standards. Further information about urban areas failing to meet EU sewage treatment standards and information on the Directive can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste Water...
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This dataset shows the urban areas that are on the EPA’s priority list because they fall under one or more of the following criteria: Failing to meet EU sewage treatment standards; discharging raw sewage because there is no treatment plant, key pressure on rivers or lakes,...
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Access for UK to Irish Coastal Waters Up to Six Nautical Mile LimitSea Fisheries Protection AuthorityGovernmentAccess map for the United Kingdom to Irish Coastal Waters up to six nautical mile limit between Carlingford Lough and Hook Point for demersal, herring, mackerel, nephrops and scallops. Between Hook head and Mine Head access for demersal, herring and mackerel is granted.
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GovernmentThe Real Map of Ireland represents Ireland's marine territory of over 220 million acres which is ten times the size of the island of Ireland. The currently designated Irish Continental Shelf, represented by the red line on the map. shows Ireland's current territorial waters...
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Urban Areas with sewage treatment of more than 500 population equivalentEnvironmental Protection AgencyGovernmentThis shows the location of sewage treatment plants that treat sewage waste produced by more than 500 people. Further information about each licence can be found on the EPA website - www.epa.ie.
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Urban Areas with a population equivalent of over 500 that receives no treatmentEnvironmental Protection AgencyGovernmentThis shows the urban areas where sewage is collected and released back into the environment without treatment. Untreated waste water is commonly referred to as raw sewage. Further information about Urban Areas with no treatment can be found in the EPA’s Annual Urban Waste...
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GovernmentThe exclusive economic zone of the State is the area beyond and adjacent to the territorial seas subject to the specific legal regime established in Part V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982, the text of which, in...
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Data showing connector cable from Wicklow coastline to Arklow Bank Wind turbines was created in support of Marine Strategy Franework Directive article 8, 9 10 reporting.
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The location of monitoring points from Waste facilities (EPA Licensed, applied, closed etc.) In terms of usage of this dataset please note that there is a period of time between when a monitoring point is licensed and when it appears in this dataset.
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