Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has announced £100K of financial assistance for Lough Neagh brown eel fishers. The announcement comes after the 2025 season was suspended earlier this year due to ...

Gary McErlain said the support package has left people with a lot of questions. A new financial scheme to support eel fishermen on Lough Neagh should be "urgently" reconsidered, according to a seventh ...

Financial assistance of £100,000 has been announced for Lough Neagh Brown Eel Fishers who have been impacted by the suspension of the 2025 season Similarly to the previous Covid support scheme for ...

A work crew on a Co Down railway line got a slippery surprise when they came across an eel - around half a mile from the nearest river. The track repair team was in the Downpatrick area when they came ...

Toxins linked to the pollution of Lough Neagh have been detected in the flesh of fish for the first time, food standard officials said on Wednesday. But commercially harvested fish from the lough are ...

The European eel from Lough Neagh has had protected geographical indication status since 2011 [Getty Images] Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has announced £100K of financial assistance for Lough ...