Tirlán’s River Slaney Project aims to stabilise and improve water quality along the river

Mid-April we launched our ‘Farming for Water: River Slaney Project’, a collaborative initiative designed to enhance water quality across the Slaney River catchment area in counties Wexford, Carlow and Wicklow.

Tirlán has taken the lead to establish a new multi-agency collaborative project to help stabilise and improve water quality along the River Slaney which runs through the heartland of the south-east of the country, highlighting our spotlight value ‘Empower and Go’ in its true colours.

The project is designed to bring together key agencies to help improve water quality at local, catchment and national levels. This is essential in order to make the best possible case to retain Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation from 2026 which is key to protecting the financial viability of Irish dairy farming.

Speaking at the launch, Minister McConalogue called for a collective effort to make real improvements to water quality in key regions to ensure Ireland and Irish farmers secure the Nitrates Derogation from 2026.

Commenting on the River Slaney Project launch, Lisa Koep, Chief ESG Officer at Tirlán said: “We need to accelerate action and we intend to take best practice learnings from our Slaney programme and share them across our entire supplier base and to drive good water quality practice.

“We look forward to working with our farmer suppliers and partners in the region and to working together to enhance water quality and protect farm family incomes for generations to come.”