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The INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland's MArine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is the successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS)...
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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, evening, night) period for Dublin and Cork agglomeration's airports. The dB value represents the average decibel value during the Lden time. Any direct...
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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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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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Register of Protected Areas - Groundwater bodies in Bathing LocationsEnvironmentWFD Groundwater 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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Data on the offshore geologic igneous features in the North Atlantic Ocean near Ireland. Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire) is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling...
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Urban Areas with sewage treatment of more than 500 population equivalentGovernmentThis 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 treatmentGovernmentThis 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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These points are locations for ‘Stories’ on Catchments.ie - Catchments.ie is trying to make complicated science and policy relevant to the general public, and using “Stories” specific to local locations is one way this is being done.
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This is the results of the noise mapping (round 1) of Dublin Airport carried out for the EPA under EU Directive 2002/49/EC. The directive is implemented in Ireland by the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (SI 140/2006).
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A ferry port is a harbour that provides facilities to handle the coming and going of vessels which carry passengers and or vehicles between two separated by sea locations. The 81 national and international ferry ports around Ireland were provided by the Marine Irish Digital...
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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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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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The Classified Bivalve Mollusc Production Areas in Ireland ( 2011/12) designates the production areas from which live bivalve molluscs may be taken. Gatherers may only harvest live bivalve molluscs from these production areas which have fixed locations and boundaries and...
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This the results of the noise mapping (round 1) of the Dublin Agglomeration carried out for the EPA under EU Directive 2002/49/EC. The directive is implemented in Ireland by the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (SI 140/2006).
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EnvironmentThis dataset shows river streams in Ireland. This dataset contains just Order 0 and 1 rivers. Stream order is a measure of the relative size of streams. The smallest tributaries are referred to as first-order streams.
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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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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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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.