📢 Help us shape freshwater policy across the island of Ireland. We're looking for a Policy & Advocacy Officer to join our Communications & Advocacy team. Learn more to apply 👇 lnkd.in/e3bQNzf9

📰 We have packed loads into our newsletter this month. Read our 2025-26 Impact Report. Better understand the LAWPRO rebrand and name change and read about some of the key projects we currently have going on. 👉️ mailchi.mp/theriverstru...

📢WORKING TOGETHER FOR BETTER WATER Join us at our free Who’s Who in-person event in the #Fane Catchment on 5 August, to meet local organisations, learn about efforts to improve water quality, and discover how you can get involved in our Educational Community Outreach (#ECO) Programme. 🧵👇

Do you like our website? www.theriverstrust.org Does the structure works? Are we communicating clearly? Share your opinions with us. It only takes 10 minutes and your input will make a huge difference. Complete the survey here: lnkd.in/gESmVykg

The Rivers Trust & South Kerry Development Partnership CLG are inviting you to showcase your #paludiculture & peatland initiatives from across Ireland and Europe. Join us & help shape this exciting and evolving sector. @palusdemos.bsky.social 🧵 👇️

We are working to make The Rivers Trust website better &would love your feedback. Please complete our short survey and share your thoughts. It only takes around 7 minutes, and your responses will help shape future improvements. 👉 form.typeform.com/to/JDH8GqW6 Thank you for your support! 💙

The IEN has two requests for quotes for its PEACEPLUS Cross-border Opportunities for a Resilient Environment (CORE) Project: • Capacity Building, Leadership and Governance training for the CORE Project • Communications Support (PR, Marketing & Branding) CORE Project www.ien.ie/about/latest...

🎉 Positive River News! June may be behind us, but the month's river wins are still worth shouting about. From water voles returning to the River Wey and the first mayfly hatch on Lough Carra in 20 years, to award-winning projects and inspiring volunteer efforts, there's plenty to celebrate. 💙 🧵👇

The Rivers Trust 2025-26 Impact Report is out now! Read the report to explore the statistics & case studies behind a year of action across the UK & Ireland, & find out how, together, we are restoring rivers & creating lasting benefits for nature &communities. 👉 theriverstrust.org/impact-repor...

Wind down this Friday, with a cuppa and a scroll through our June newsletter - with highlights of activities from across the island of Ireland. 📰https://canva.link/l6b6600ztys25dn

We are delivering the #SustainableCatchmentProgram in #NorthernIreland. Through this programme we are able to partially fund measures on farms to protect water quality. 🧵 👇️

Watch back the opening statement from Katie Smirnova of our sister network the Irish Environmental Network at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs yesterday.

"We need to move away from making plans to write plans to seeing evidence-based actions implemented on the ground. Until we do that our water bodies will continue to disimprove" - Dr Elaine McGoff Watch back Dr Elaine McGoff from SWAN member An Taisce at the Joint Oireachtas Committee yesterday.

📢 The Rivers Trust seeks tenders to install demonstration #NatureBasedSolutions in a River Strule sub-catchment to reduce nutrient and sediment losses, improve downstream water quality, and boost catchment resilience. 🔗Learn More: theriverstrust.org/about-us/new...

Good to see TDs this week bringing to the Taoiseach some of the issues around bathing water quality & sewage that we have been raising. Our coastal waters, lakes and rivers must be free of this faecal pollution. 💩 Our health & the health of our wildlife that live in our waters are threatened. 🤮

"Ireland has lost a quarter of its high-status water bodies in the past 15 or 16 years." Read an article covering our open statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee meeting on water quality and fisheries today here 👇 www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Pollution has led to huge drop in salmon and trout numbers in Ireland, Oireachtas to hear

‘Salmonids’ decline serves as a warning that wider ecological deterioration is occurring,’ Angling Council of Ireland says

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😍 Meet your new favourite river-inspired summer tees, that also support our work! Today, we're excited to launch the Wild, Healthy, Natural Rivers collection Olympic champion and The Rivers Trust Ambassador Imogen Grant proudly sports our blue men's fit tee🩵 theriverstrust.teemill.com/wild-rivers/

🐟 🚜 💛 We love summer. So much to do, and so much to explore and learn. From team get-togethers, to learning about how to better understand and interpret complex weather conditions to days out meeting and greeting... we've done it all this month!

The European Open Rivers Programme call for applications is closing 26 June. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to fund your dam removal project! openrivers.eu ▶️ Watch for more info: lnkd.in/duUN4HyR shorturl.at/T2jRs

We're excited by the new Natural History GCSE, giving young people a chance to connect with nature. The government is asking for feedback on the syllabus. Let's make sure rivers are properly represented 💧 Use our email template & help put rivers in the classroom 👇 shorturl.at/GV7ae

Listen back to SWAN's Freshwater Policy Officer, Puneeta Sreenivas, on Athlone Today, discuss the key takeaways from the EPA's latest Water Quality in Ireland report and what people can do to make a difference.

🌿 Join us next week for a webinar with @katiesmirnova.bsky.social - Regional Connector for the programme's Northern Ireland test, to learn more about what's happening in the region to strengthen the delivery of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) projects. 🔗 shorturl.at/xHNzn @theriverstrust.bsky.social

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🌱 The @interregeurope.bsky.social BUFFER+ partners are together in the beautiful Monts d'Arrée region of Brittany, France, discovering how agriculture, peatland conservation and landscape management come together in practice. This gives us an opportunity to see the work on the ground.

☕️ Ready. Set. Scroll our May newsletter featuring highlights from across the month. Learn about our projects, meet our new member trusts and more... 📰 canva.link/2udusulppoug...

From rising emissions to melting permafrost and economic risks, these 7 graphs break down the climate crisis today. Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay, explore UNEP data and why the world must act #NowForClimate: www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/climate-crisis-explained-seven-graphs

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🌍The planet is sending us signals. Heat. Floods. Drought. More frequent. More intense. And yet, humanity is closer to the solutions than ever. June 5 is #WorldEnvironmentDay. Act #NowForClimate #WorldEnvironmentDay 🔗www.worldenvironmentday.global

🦦The Open Rivers Programme is accepting applications for its dam removal grants! ❓Do you have questions? Join the Q&A Webinar - tomorrow, 4 June, 12:00 (IST) / 13:00 (CEST) to connect directly with ORP’s team! 📢Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rde...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Q&A Webinar - ORP Summer 2026 call for applications. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

The European Open Rivers Programme is pleased to announce a new call for applications. Applicants can submit their project proposals between 1st June, 13:00 CEST, and 26th June, 13:00 CEST. To clarif...

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It’s #WorldPeatlandsDay and we’ve been having a great time the past few weeks, enjoying the sunny days at our @interregeurope.bsky.social BUFFER+ pilot in #GlenveaghNationalPark. Thanks to everyone for sharing your knowledge, encouraging learning & inspiring passion for #peatlands.

Free‑flowing rivers support biodiversity, transport sediment and nutrients, and sustain wetlands and floodplains, but fragmentation quickly degrades their ecological health. Watch this webinar recording to learn more about how you can benefit from the ORP #funding. youtu.be/4GCQMNI94xA?...

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Our Water Stewardship Service helps businesses deliver sustainable, catchment-scale water solutions. In Ireland, we’re driving impactful projects that boost flood resilience, improve water quality, and enhance biodiversity. We hope you enjoyed #BiodiversityWeek as much as we did. 🔗 👇️