Update on the Lough Neagh Partnership’s 10-Year Heritage Resilience Plan: Advancing a Community-Centred Approach to Protecting a Cultural Treasure

Update on the Lough Neagh Partnership’s 10-Year Heritage Resilience Plan: Advancing a Community-Centred Approach to Protecting a Cultural Treasure

The Lough Neagh Partnership is actively developing a 10-Year Heritage Resilience Plan, funded initially by the Heritage Lottery, aimed at safeguarding Lough Neagh’s invaluable environmental, cultural, and economic assets. This initiative comes at a crucial time, as the Lough—historically a centrepiece of local folklore, traditions, and livelihoods—faces growing threats from environmental degradation and fragmented management. […]

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LOUGH NEAGH PARTNERSHIP DELEGATION VISITS SCOTLAND TO EXPLORE OWNERSHIP MODELS

LOUGH NEAGH PARTNERSHIP DELEGATION VISITS SCOTLAND TO EXPLORE OWNERSHIP MODELS

Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the UK and Ireland but for more than a year, the lough has been dominating international news headlines for the algal bloom crisis rather than for its natural beauty. A delegation from Lough Neagh Partnership has visited community trusts and development organisations on the island of Lewis […]

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LOUGH NEAGH PARTNERSHIP WELCOMES APPROVAL OF LOUGH NEAGH ACTION PLAN

LOUGH NEAGH PARTNERSHIP WELCOMES APPROVAL OF LOUGH NEAGH ACTION PLAN

The Chair of Lough Neagh Partnership has today spoken of his great satisfaction at receiving news that the Northern Ireland Executive has approved The Lough Neagh Report and Action Plan presented by Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir MLA. Gary McErlain, Chair of Lough Neagh Partnership, said: “We welcome this news immensely […]

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PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT FOR LOUGH NEAGH PARTNERSHIP AS ALGAE RESURFACES

PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT FOR LOUGH NEAGH PARTNERSHIP AS ALGAE RESURFACES

With the visible impact of alarming toxic blue green algae once again surfacing on the shoreline and across the UK and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake, Lough Neagh Partnership has expressed its profound disappointment over the Northern Ireland Executive’s failure to approve a critical action plan to prioritise addressing this environmental catastrophe. Whilst Lough Neagh Partnership […]

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