Further to the recent Angling Notes article on the disastrous state of the Avoca River in Co Wicklow, caused, in the main, by acid drainage from the disused Avoca Mines, the Minister for ...

Highly acidic effluent, which is still being discharged from the mine, has caused 38 fish kills in the Avoca area in the past 18 months alone, rendering the river uninhabitable.

Even if it reaches 7.5 metres, the river level will be lower than previous floods — the Avoca peaked at 7.9 metres in 2010 and 8.6m in 2011. The community was told the river was rising slowly ...

Only six river water bodies were categorised as 'bad' in this assessment compared with 19 for the 2007-2009 period. The bad news is that the decline in our most pristine waters, the best of the ...

DIVERS WHO have been searching last week for a 28-year-old Latvian man believed drowned in the Avoca River at Arklow say that the water in the river was the filthiest they had ever encountered.

The Avoca River in Charlton continues to rise, it had reached 7.5m by 12pm Saturday. Photo: John Shaw Residents check out floodwater in the riverside Victorian town of Charlton, which was at 7.51m ...

SES advises that all community members should: Never walk, ride or drive through floodwater, Never allow children to play in floodwater, Stay away from waterways and stormwater drains during and ...

AVOCA residents are bracing for floods following torrential rain. The swollen Avoca River has inundated the Avoca football ground and is threatening the newly-refurbished football clubrooms.And ...

The Avoca River in Charlton continues to rise, it had reached 7.5m by 12pm Saturday. Photo: John Shaw Residents check out floodwater in the riverside Victorian town of Charlton, which was at 7.51m ...