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Citizen Science Picnic in Lough Gur- 26th March 2022

March 10, 2022 MRT Admin Leave a comment

Are you interested in learning more about the health of your local stream and river and finding out about where your drinking water comes from? On Saturday 26th of March - 1:30 to 3pm - the Maigue Rivers Trust is hosting a citizen science picnic in Lough Gur visitor park where we will demonstrate how you can do a simple chemistry test for nutrients in your local stream and river. We will also look at the fascinating water insects that can indicate good and poor water quality. This is a free event and is suitable for everyone to attend. Register here so we know how many sandwiches and snacks to..

Maigue Rivers Trust 2020-2021 Newsletter

August 17, 2021 MRT Admin Leave a comment

Click here to download the latest newsletter from Maigue Rivers Trust that details our projects from the past 12 months. Many thanks to our director, Catherine Dalton, for compiling the..

What the insect life in a stream can tell us about water quality

June 10, 2021 MRT Admin Leave a comment

On the 5th June, the Maigue Rivers Trust was delighted to have Dr Mary Kelly-Quinn, lecturer and freshwater research scientist from UCD’s School of Biology and Environmental Science, visit the upper reaches of Loobagh River in Kilfinane to train-the-trainers on how to teach freshwater biomonitoring to citizen scientists. The aim of all of us who care for our waterbodies is to grow the team of people across Ireland who want to monitor the water quality status of our streams and share our findings. In Ireland, our streams make up around 75% of all water channels and all these streams flow into our rivers, lakes and then estuaries and seas. These streams are extremely valuable and essential but they are vulnerable to pollution and they need to be monitored and protected for the survival and benefit of every living being. For years scientists all over the world have used the presence and abundance of river fly larvae, snails, worms and..

Reimagining Irish Rivers: Working with Nature

March 22, 2021 MRT Admin Leave a comment

Maigue Rivers Trust is delighted to collaborate with Limerick City and County Council, European Green Leaf, LAWPRO, Rivers Trust and Mary Immaculate College to host the Reimagining Irish Rivers: Working with Nature conference that is on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd March, 9am - 12:30 on both days. Click here to download the Abstract Booklet to view the schedule of talks and profile description for the..

Autumn Event Series – Working with an artist

September 7, 2020 MRT Admin Leave a comment

Autumn Event Series - Working with an artist The Maigue Rivers Trust are delighted to announce that, with funding from Creative Ireland-Limerick, we are going to help partner a community in the Maigue Rivers catchment to have a workshop with ceramic artist, Mary Conroy. Does your community group want to spend a day designing and making a ceramic sign, tiles or a feature that you can then install in your community area? If yes, please contact the Maigue Rivers Trust Project Officer, Liz Gabbbett on info@maigueriverstrust.ie by Monday 14th Sept, 7pm and explain how this project would benefit your..

Survey time!

August 7, 2020 MRT Admin Leave a comment

The Trust is currently in the process of applying for LEADER fund training opportunities and we need to consult with you, the people and communities. Currently, the Maigue is running two surveys that will run from 5th - 15th of August 2020. Survey 1. The Maigue Rivers Trust would like to organise wildlife-based training opportunities for individuals and communities living in or close to the Maigue Catchment. To find out what you are interested in, we would be very grateful if you could fill out this short survey (it will take you less than 5 minutes - possibly just 3 minutes - to fill it out). To get a broad opinion from as many people as possible, please share this post with your friends and family. Click here for the Survey 1 link. Survey 2. The Maigue Rivers Trust is also running a survey for tourism based businesses in the catchment. The Maigue Rivers Trust wants to collaborate with local tourism businesses to develop and..

Newsletter 3, 2019-2020

July 15, 2020 MRT Admin Leave a comment

Click here to read our third newsletter to find out what has been happening in the Maigue Rivers Trust for the past 12 months. Many thanks to our director, Catherine Dalton, for putting this newsletter..