Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation

Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?

Ireland's largest saltwater lagoon Lady's Island Lake in June 2025, which is polluted with algae, contrasted against the sea on the southeast coast of Co Wexford. 

Who could have guessed that something as fundamental as clean water could become such a political lightning rod in a developed country with a quality of life ranked sixth in the world by the UN?

Yet, here we are, in a Punch and Judy media show, with those of us who care about clean water pitted against those that farm our land, as if clean water doesn’t, in fact, benefit us all.