HARD decisions may have to be made to improve water quality in the south-west, Cork county manager Martin Riordan said yesterday.

HARD decisions may have to be made to improve water quality in the south west, Cork county manager Martin Riordan stressed yesterday.

A NATIONAL conference, the first of its type held in Ireland, opens in Cork today to address the quality of our lakes and rivers.

A MASSIVE project to assess the quality of and then safeguard Ireland’s natural waterways will be unveiled tonight.