AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
PRTR: Waste and Wastewater Management

The PRTR Waste and Wastewater Management sector includes the following activities:
(a) Installations for the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste receiving 10 tonnes per day.
(b) Installations for the incineration of non-hazardous waste in the scope of Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91) with a capacity of 3 tonnes per hour.
(c) Installations for the disposal of non-hazardous waste with a capacity of 50 tonnes per day.
(d) Landfills (excluding landfills of inert waste and landfills, which were definitely closed before 16.7.2001 or for which the after-care phase required by the competent authorities according to Article 13 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003) has expired) receiving 10 tonnes per day or with a total capacity of 25 000 tonnes.
(e) Installations for the disposal or recycling of animal carcasses and animal waste with a treatment capacity of 10 tonnes per day.
(f) Urban waste-water treatment plants with a capacity of 100 000 population equivalents.
(g) Independently operated industrial waste-water treatment plants which serve one or more activities of this annex with a capacity of 10 000 m3 per day. (The capacity threshold shall be reviewed by 2010 at the latest in the light of the results of the first reporting cycle.)

Tags: actual pollutant releases (pollutant release and transfer register), animal waste, emission to air, emission to water, environment, environmental monitoring facilities, hazardous, hazardous waste, ie, incineration, landfill, non-hazardous, pollutant, pollutant dispersion, urban wastewater treatment
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Near Real Time Rivers Ecology Monitoring Results

This record represents near real time River Ecology Monitoring Results. National surveys of Irish rivers have taken place on a continuous basis since 1971, when 2,900 km of river channel was surveyed. The National Rivers Monitoring Programme was replaced by the Water Framework Monitoring Programme from 22 December 2006. As part of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Monitoring Programme approximately one third of our major rivers and their more important tributaries are surveyed and assessed each year by EPA ecologists. A complete survey cycle is completed every three years. The sites are scored on a five point system developed by the EPA called the Biological Q rating system.

Tags: biological q, biology, environment, environmental monitoring facilities, ie, river ecology, river ecology monitoring points, river monitoring, rivers, water
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Grasslands Monitoring Project 2006

The Grassland Monitoring Project 2006 represents the initial phase of a larger grassland survey which is designed to meet the monitoring and conservation objectives of the Habitats Directive. 
 
The Grassland Monitoring Project 2006 is initially focusing on the two priority Annex I grassland habitats: *Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia)  (6210) and *Species-rich Nardus grasslands on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (6230).  The project concentrated on the assessment of these two categories only within those candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs) which list either of these two grassland habitats as qualifying interests, where an assessment of Representativity is deemed to be C or higher.
     
The assessment and monitoring structure employs rapid and simple assessment techniques, deriving information from vegetation surveys and from assessments of threats and management practices.
 
The results of the survey indicate that the condition of semi-natural dry calcareous grasslands (and orchid-rich semi-natural dry calcareous grasslands) in Ireland is generally poor.  Of the 31 sites assessed, the Structure and Functions of the grassland was considered favorable at only two sites (6%).  In fact, the Structure and Functions at 21 of the sites (68%) were deemed to be unfavorable bad with the remaining eight sites (26%) considered unfavorable inadequate.
  
The results of the survey indicate that the condition of species-rich Nardus grassland in Ireland is generally poor.  In fact, the Structure and Functions of the grassland was considered unfavorable – bad at all 7 sites.

Tags: biodiversity, biota, environment, flora, grassland, grassland ecosystem, habitat, habitats directive, ireland, national parks and wildlife service, npws, plant, species distribution
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Groundwater Water Treatment Pressures

Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need to be addressed in order to improve water quality. Many of our waterbodies have multiple significant pressures. A robust scientific assessment process has been carried out to determine which pressures are the significant pressures. This has incorporated over 140 datasets, a suite of modelling tools, and local knowledge from field and enforcement staff from the Local Authorities, Inland Fisheries Ireland and EPA. Impacts from water treatment discharges include chemical and sediment pollution.

Tags: authorisation, catchment, characterisation, critical load, diffuse, discharge, emission, environment, environmental impact, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, groundwater, groundwater pollution, groundwater quality, hydrography, ie, impact, licence, nutrient, pathway, point, point source, pollutant pathway, pollution, pollution impact potential (pip), pressure, receptor, risk, sediment, sludge, source, subcatchment, water framework directive, water treatment, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
National Otter Survey of Ireland 1980-1981

This GIS dataset holds positive records from the National Otter Survey of Ireland 1980/1981 by the Vincent Wildlife Trust. The survey was the first systematic study of otters and their wetland and coastal habitats to be undertaken throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It took place between January 1980 and March 1981. The survey provided a base-line against which further studies could be compared and thus assist monitoring of populations and distribution.

Publication: Chapman, P.J. & Chapman, L.L. (1982). Otter Survey of Ireland 1980-81. Survey carried out on behalf of The Vincent Wildlife Trust.

Tags: biodiversity, environment, heritage, ireland, lutra lutra, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws, species, species distribution
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Register of Protected Areas - Lake Water Bodies in Bathing Locations

WFD Lake Water Bodies interesting with Designated Bathing Waters under S.I. No. 79/2008 and S.I. No. 351/2011 Bathing Water Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and all relevant previous Statutory Instruments.

Tags: bathing water, environment, environmental policy, human health and safety, ie, protected site, protected sites, water-body
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Urban Waste Water Agglomerations causing a key pollution pressure on rivers or lakes

This shows the urban areas where waste water discharges were identified as the sole pollution pressure on water bodies at risk of not achieving good status. 

You can get more information on the status of local water bodies, and the environmental pressures which may be causing problems on the www.catchments.ie website.

Tags: environment, government, ie, industrial waste, plant locations, sewage, sewage disposal, urban wastewater, utility and governmental services, waste water
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Water Framework Directive Section 4 Discharges

This is a points dataset of licensed and licensable Section 4 discharges to water to support the characterisation of waterbodies for the 3rd Cycle of River Basin Management Planning and beyond. These sites were collected by EPA, in conjunction with the Local Authorities, in early 2024 and published in November 2024. This dataset takes in account, among other datasets, the Section 4s dataset developed in 2005 as Point Source Pressures for the Article 5 Characterisation and Risk Assessment Report for the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC; (European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 (SI 722 of 2003)) and the previously collated October 2015 dataset.

Tags: environment, government, ie, point source pressures, pressure, section 4, section 4s, utility and governmental services, water framework directive, waterbody, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Glenveagh National Park Boundary Map

Glenveagh National Park is a remote and hauntingly beautiful wilderness of rugged mountains, pristine lakes, tumbling waterfalls and enchanted native oak woodland in the heart of the Derryveagh Mountains in the north west of County Donegal. At the centre of the Park on the edge of Lough Veagh is Glenveagh Castle, a late 19th century castellated mansion, built as a hunting lodge.

This boundary map is for illustrative purposes only and shall not be held conclusive as to the boundaries or their extent. Please note the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage makes no representation or provides any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of this map. The use of this map, which may be altered or updated at any time without notice, is at the sole risk of the user.
https://www.nationalparks.ie/

Tags: boundary, environment, ireland, location, national park, national parks and wildlife service, npws, protected sites
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Register of Protected Areas - Nutrient Sensitive Areas (WFD RBMP Cycle 2)

This dataset represents a snapshot taken in September 2016 for the purpose of the WFD RBMP Cycle 2.

These nutrient sensitive areas are those waterbodies listed in accordance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment (UWWT) Directive 91/271/EEC on Urban Waste Water Treatment and S.I. 254 / 2001, S.I. 440/2004 and S.I. 48/2010. The waterbody containing the sensitive area is used to represent the nutrient sensitive area.

Tags: conservation, ecological parameter, environment, habitats and biotopes, ie, nutrient, nutrient sensitivity, nutrients, protected area, protected site, protected sites, waterbody
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
National Otter Survey of Ireland 2004-2005

This GIS dataset holds positive records from the National Otter Survey of Ireland 2004/2005. The third Otter Survey of Ireland was carried out between August 2004 and August 2005. A total of 525 sites were included in the survey, distributed widely across the country, although concentrated in areas where Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) have been designated for the species.

The survey was carried out to establish the current status of otters in Ireland, and to formulate recommendations for the species monitoring. The otter is listed in Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive, and results of the survey were used in the Article 17 Conservation Status Assessments for the species.

The survey report has been published as Irish Wildlife Manual No.23. Citation: Bailey, M. and Rochford J. (2006) Otter Survey of Ireland 2004/2005. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 23. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.

Tags: biodiversity, environment, heritage, ireland, lutra lutra, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws, species, species distribution
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
WFD River Waterbody Approved Risk - Cycle 2

Dataset relating to WFD River Waterbody Approved Risk assigned to each feature by the Catchment scientists.

Tags: aquatic environment, catchment, clean waters, environment, environmental quality, hydrography, ie, river water approved risk, river waterbody approved risk, river waters, rwb approved risk, water, water management, water quality, water quality monitoring, water status
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Special Protection Areas

Dataset owned and provided by NPWS.

http://www.npws.ie/en/ProtectedSites/SpecialProtectionAreasSPAs/


Ireland is a special place for wild birds. We are at the end of major flyways of waterfowl migrating south for the winter from North America, Greenland, Iceland and the Arctic. In spring and summer, Ireland provides important breeding grounds for species from the continent of Europe or Africa. Our long coastlines provide safe breeding and wintering grounds for large numbers of seabirds. In addition we have resident species which are scarce or rare in other parts of Europe.

Because birds migrate long distances, it is not sufficient to protect them over just part of their range, so the EU Birds Directive provides for a network of sites in all Member States to protect birds at their breeding, feeding, roosting and wintering areas. It identifies species which are rare, in danger of extinction or vulnerable to changes in habitat and which need protection.

In Ireland, we have 25 of these species regularly occurring. They include Bewicks and Whooper Swan, Greenland White-Fronted and Barnacle Geese, Corncrake, Golden Plover, Bar-Tailed Godwit, five species of tern, birds of prey including Hen Harrier, Peregrine, Merlin as well as the Nightjar, Kingfisher and Chough.

Specific proposals to designate Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in order to safeguard certain habitats pursuant to EU Directive requirements were recently advertised in the local press and on local radio. These proposals are intended to safeguard the habitat of these selected sites. 

The EU Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) requires designation of SPAs for:
Listed rare and vulnerable species such as those mentioned above. 
Regularly occurring migratory species, such as ducks, geese and waders. 
Wetlands, especially those of international importance, which attract large numbers of migratory birds each year. (Internationally important means that 1% of the population of a species uses the site, or more than 20,000 birds regularly use the site.)
121 SPAs have been designated since 1985.  25 other sites enjoy legal protection and will shortly by designated as SPAs.  However, further designations are required pursuant to the Birds Directive.  The Minister will be publishing his proposals for the designation of additional sites on an on-going basis in Autumn 2007 and Spring 2008.  It should be noted that many existing and future SPAs overlap with SACs.  The Irish SPAs join a total of around 3,000 sites across the European Union.

Tags: coastal heritage, environment, environmental monitoring facilities, heritage council, special protection area
Organization: Heritage Council
Habitat and management data collation and collection on callows and floodplain grasslands

The project was organised into two distinct stages. Stage A involved the collection and collation of the habitat and management data on floodplain grasslands and was primarily a GIS task. Stage A included a review of appropriate management for callows and floodplain grasslands. Stage B of the project involved the development of a field methodology to survey a subsample of the callows and floodplain grasslands selected during Stage A and the presentation of the results of these surveys through summary charts, tables and site reports.

Tags: biodiversity, biota, environment, flora, grassland, grassland ecosystem, habitat, habitats directive, ireland, national parks and wildlife service, npws, plant, species distribution
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Unesco World Heritage Sites

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List 

Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne (1993)
Skellig Michael (1996)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

The Burren (2010) 
The Historic City of Dublin (2010) 
The Céide Fields and North West Mayo Boglands (2010) 
Western Stone Forts (2010) 
The Monastic City of Clonmacnoise and its Cultural Landscape (2010) 
Early Medieval Monastic Sites (2010) 
The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (2010) 

A new website about Ireland's World Heritage properties and Ireland's Tentative List sites has just been launched.

This website contains information about Brú na Bóinne and Skellig Michael, the two Irish World Heritage sites, and the seven properties inscribed on Ireland's Tentative List. The website also includes galleries of stunning photographs of the properties. Publications and brochures related to the sites may also be downloaded on the website.

To visit the site: http://www.worldheritageireland.ie/

Tags: coastal heritage, environment, heritage council, protected sites, society, unesco world heritage sites
Organization: Marine Institute
Industrial Emissions (IE) and Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) Facilities

This is a point dataset of emission site facility locations. These include Industrial Emissions (IE), Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) and Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) EPA licenced facilities.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the competent authority for granting and enforcing IE and IPC licences for specified industrial and agricultural activities listed in the First Schedule to the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 as amended.

Tags: air pollution, air quality monitoring, control, emission, emission control, environment, environmental monitoring facilities, ie, iel, ipc, ippc, noise emission, noise pollution, pollution, prevention, waste, waste air, waste water
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
WFD Ground Waterbody Approved Risk - Cycle 2

Dataset relating to WFD Ground Waterbody Approved Risk assigned to each feature by the Catchment scientists.

Tags: aquatic environment, catchment, clean waters, environment, environmental quality, ground water approved risk, ground waterbody approved, ground waters, gwb approved risk, hydrography, ie, water, water approved risk, water management, water quality, water quality monitoring
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Lake and TRaC Anthropogenic Pressures

Significant pressures have been identified for waterbodies that are At Risk of not meeting their water quality objectives under the Water Framework Directive. While there are a multitude of pressures in every waterbody, the significant pressures are those pressures which need to be addressed in order to improve water quality. Many of our waterbodies have multiple significant pressures. A robust scientific assessment process has been carried out to determine which pressures are the significant pressures. This has incorporated over 140 datasets, a suite of modelling tools, and local knowledge from field and enforcement staff from the Local Authorities, Inland Fisheries Ireland and EPA. Impacts from anthropogenic pressures include nutrient, chemical, microbiological, organic and sediment pollution.

Tags: anthropogenic factor, catchment, characterisation, chemical, coast, coastal waterbodies, critical source area, diffuse, diffuse pollution, discharge, environment, environmental impacts, environmental policy, environmental pressures, environmental risk, groundwater, hydrography, ie, impact, lake, lake waterbodies, man-made, nitrate, nutrient, organic, phosphate, point source, pollutant impact potential (pip), pollutant pathway, pollution, pressure, receptor, risk, sediment, source, subcatchment, surface water, trac, transitional waterbodies, transitional waters, water framework directive, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Corine Landcover Change 2000 - 2006

Corine Land Cover Changes 2000-2006 is a map of the changes in Irish environmental landscape between 2000 and 2006, based on revised Corine 2000 database. It is based on EU devised Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.

Tags: corine, corine 06, corine 2000, corine change, corine land cover, corine landcover, corine landcover 2006, corine landcover change, environment, ie, land cover, land cover change, land use, land use classification, landscape
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Max Faecal Coliform Concentration in Irish Waters (2014)

Max concentrations in 2014 for Faecal Coliform (per 100ml) in samples from monitoring locations on the Irish Environmental Protection Agency Water Framework Directive (WFD) Groundwater Monitoring Network.

Tags: environment, environmental monitoring facilities, environmental protection agency, epa, faecal coliform, groundwater, groundwater quality, ie, ireland, monitoring network, mrp, nutrient, nutrients, water framework directive, water quality, wfd
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Survey of Annex I Alluvial woodland in Lough Ree cSAC 2019

Ancient woodland refers to those woods that have had a continuous history of cover since before the period when planting and afforestation became common practice (mid‐1600s). These woodlands are important in terms of their biological and cultural value, and may even form links with prehistoric wildwoods. To date, unlike our European counterparts, no extensive study of ancient woodland has been conducted in the Republic of Ireland, leaving these irreplaceable habitats open to threats such as woodland clearance. 
This polygon shapefile constitutes the main output from the Ancient and long-established Woodland Inventory 2010.

A total of 481 woodland sites were digitised and the following categories were set up:
- Possible ancient woodland (PAW) stands have been continuously wooded since 1660. 
- After additional research some PAW stands were upgraded to ancient woodland (AW) status.
- Long‐established woodlands (LEW) have been continuously wooded since 1830. There are two sub‐categories, LEW (I) stands for which no evidence of antiquity could be found in older documentation, and LEW (II) stands for which there is evidence that the site is not ancient.

In addition, for each digitised polygon the stand type on the OS maps was determined. The categories used were semi‐natural broadleaf (SNB), mixed woodland (MW), conifer plantation (CP), non‐native broadleaf (NNB) and recent clearfell (RC).

This inventory is provisional in nature, investigating only a subset of Ireland’s woodland resource and available historical documents. However, it presents a working methodology to assist in the identification of these sites in Ireland. This study also promotes taking a multidisciplinary approach in the study of ancient woodlands.

Tags: biodiversity, biota, environment, habitat, habitat protection, habitats and biotopes, heritage, ireland, national biodiversity plan, national parks and wildlife service, npws, species, woodland ecosystem
Organization: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Corine Landcover 2006 Revised

Corine Land Cover 2006 Revised is a revised map of the Irish environmental landscape based on interpretation of satellite images. It is based on EU devised Corine (Coordination of Information on the Environment) specifications.

Tags: corine, corine 2006, corine 2006 revised, corine land cover, corine landcover, corine landcover 2006, corine landcover revised, environment, ie, land cover, land use, land use classification, landscape
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency