Journal Papers

Journal Papers

2025

Opoku-Agyemang, E., Healy, M.G., Tong, M. 2025. Evaluation of the performance and complexity of water quality models for peatlands. Journal of Hydrology 648: 132421. Opoku-Agyemang et al. JoH

2024

Silva, M.P., Healy, M.G., Gill, L. 2024. Evaluating the potential application of eco hydrological models for northern peatland restoration: a scoping review. Biogeosciences 21(13): 3143 - 3163. Silva et al. 2024

Sharkey, M., Stubbings, W.A., Harrad, S., Healy, M.G., Wang, S., Jin, J., Coggins, A.M. 2024. Antibiotics residues in inland and transitional sediments. Chemosphere 369: 143793. Sharkey et al. Chemosphere  

Opoku, D.G., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Daly, K., Condon, T., Tuohy, P. 2024. A semi-quantitative risk model for dairy farms to pinpoint and break source-pathway connections between nutrient sources and open drainage channel sections. Frontiers in Environmental Science - Freshwater Science 12: 1435418. 

Sharkey, M., Wang, S., Harrad, S., Stubbings, W.A., Healy, M.G., Jin, J., Coggins, M. 2024. Legacy and emerging flame retardants in sediments and wastewater treatment plant-derived biosolids. Science of the Total Environment 954: 176582. Sharkey et al. STOTEN

Mohamad, A.Y.A., Tuohy, P., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., O'hUallachain, D., Siggins, A. 2024. Effects of coagulation on chemical and microbial properties of water-soil-plant systems of constructed wetlands. Chemosphere 362: 142745. Ahmed_Chemosphere 

Scannell, S., Healy, M.G., Sambrano, G., McGinley, J., Ryan, P.C., Mellander, P-.E., Morrison, L., Harmon O'Driscoll, J., Siggins, A. 2024. Split herbicide application strategy reduces surface runoff. Soil Use and Management 40:e13086. Scannell et al. SUM_2024

Opoku, D.G., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Daly, K., Condon, T., Tuohy, P. 2024. An integrated connectivity risk ranking for phosphorus and nitrogen along agricultural open ditches to inform targeted and specific mitigation management. Frontiers of Environmental Science 12: 1337857. Opoku et al. Frontiers_2024

Harmon O'Driscoll, J., McGinley, J., Healy, M.G., Siggins, A., Mellander, P.E., Morrison, L., Gunnigle, E., Ryan, P.C. 2024. Stochastic modelling of pesticide transport to drinking water sources via runoff and resulting human health risk assessment. Science of the Total Environment 918: 170589. Harmon O'Driscoll et al. STOTEN_2024

Shi, W., Fenton, O., Ashekuzzaman, S.M., Daly, K., Leahy, J.J., Khalaf, N., Chojacka, K., Numviyimana, C., Warchol, J., Healy, M.G. 2024. Fertiliser equivalent value of dairy processing sludge-derived STRUBIAS products using ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum). Jouurnal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 10: 1 - 10. Shi (J. Pl. Nutr.)

Mulkeen, C.J., Williams, C.D., Swaney, W.T., Healy, M.G., Gormally, M.J. 2024. Sciomyzidae (Diptera) assemblages in constructed and natural wetlands: implications for constructed wetland design. Wetlands 44:5. Mulkeen et al. (Wetlands) 

Murillo, A.M., Kotamraju, A., Mulkeen, C.J., Healy, M.G., Sulpice, R., Lens, P.N.L. 2024. Selenite (IV) and selenate (VI) uptake and accumulation capacity of Lemns minor L. from an aquatic medium. Environmental Technology. In press. 

McGinley, J., Healy, M.G., Scannell, S., Ryan, P.C., Harmon O'Driscoll, J., Mellander, P.-E., Morrison, L., Siggins, A. 2024. Field assessment of coconut-based activated carbon systems for the treatment of herbicide contamination. Chemosphere 349: 140823. McGinley et al. Chemosphere   

2023

Healy, M.G., Siggins, A., Molloy, K., Potito, A.P., O'Leary, D., Daly, E., Callery, O. 2023. The impact of alternating drainage and inundation cycles on geochemistry and microbiology of intact peat cores. Science of the Total Environment 858: 159664.  Healy et al., STOTEN (2023)

McGinley, J., Healy, M.G., Ryan, P.C., Harmon O'Driscoll, J., Mellander, P.-E., Morrison, L., Siggins, A. 20233. Impact of historical legacy pesticides on achieving legislative goals in Europe. Science of the Total Environment 873: 162312. McGinley et al. 2023_STOTEN

Mohamed, A.Y.A., Tuohy, P., Healy, M.G., Ó hUallacháin, D., Fenton, O., Siggins, A. 2023. Effects of wastewater pre-treatment on clogging of an intermittent sand filter. Science of the Total Environment 876: 162605. Ahmed_STOTEN_2023

O'Leary, D., Brown, C., Healy, M.G., Regan, S., Daly, E. 2023. Observations of intra-peat variability using multiple spatially coincident remotely sensed data sources and machine learning. Geoderma 430: 116348. O'Leary et al. 2023

Byrne, I., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Tuohy, P. 2023. Assessment of the hydraulic and filter performance of different drainage stone aggregates to elucidate an optimum size range for use in clay-textured soils. Agricultural Water Management 278:108164 Byrne et al. Ag. Wat.

Byrne, I., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Tuohy, P. 2023. Investigating the suitability of synthetic envelopes as an alternative or complement to stone aggregates in clay textured soil. Geoderma Regional 32: e00598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2022.e00598 Byrne et al._Geoderma 

González Jiménez, J.L., Daly, K., Healy, M.G. 2023. Phosphorus and nitrogen leaching from an organic and a mineral soil receiving single and split slurry applicaitons: A laboraotry column experiment. Journal of Soil and Sediments. In press. doi.org/10.1007/s11368-022-03378-7 Gonzalez et al. 2023

2022

Harmon O'Driscoll, J., Siggins, A., Healy, M.G., McGinley, J., Mellander, P.E., Morrison, L., Ryan, P. 2022. A risk ranking of pesticides in Irish drinking water, considering chronic health effects. Science of the Total Environment 829: 154532 Harmon O'Driscoll_STOTEN

Shi, W., Healy, M.G., Ashekuzzaman, S.M., Daly, K., Fenton, O. 2022. Mineral fertiliser equivalent value of dairy processing sludge and derived bichar using ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and spring wheat (Triticum aestivum). Journal of Environmental Management 321: 116012 Shi et al. JEM_2022

Mohamad, A.Y.A., Siggins, A., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., O hUallachain, D., Tuohy, P. 2022. A novel hybrid coagulation-constructed wetland for the treatment of dairy wastewater. Science of the Total Environment 847: 157567 ‌

Mohamad, A.Y.A., Siggins, A., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., O hUallachain, D., Tuohy, P. 2022. A novel hybrid coagulation-intermittent sand filter for the treatment of dairy wastewater. Journal of Cleaner Production 369: 133234 Mohamed et al. J. Clean. Prod.

McGinley, J., Healy, M.G., Ryan, P.C., Mellander, P.E., Morrison, L., Harmon O'Driscoll, J., Siggins, A. 2022. Batch adsorption of herbicides from aqueous solution onto diverse reusable materials and granulated activated carbon. Journal of Environmental Management 323: 116102 McGinley et al. JEM

Cusack, P.B., Healy, M.G., Callery, O., Di Carlo, E., Ujaczki, E., O'Donoghue, L.M.T., Courtney, R. 2022. An investigation into the growth of lolium pereen L. and soil properties following soil amendment with phosphorus-saturated bauxite residue. Bulletin of Environmental Characterisation and Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03514-6. Cusack et al. 2022

Monteverde, S., Healy, M.G., O'Leary, D., Daly, E., Callery, O. 2022. Management and rehabilitation of peatlands: the roles of water chemistry, hydrology, policy, and emerging monitoring methods to ensure informed decision making. Ecological Informatics 69: 101638. Monteverde et al. 2022

McGinley, J., Harmon O'Driscoll, J., Healy, M.G., Ryan, P., Mellander, P.E., Morrison, L., Callery, O., Siggins, A. 2022. An assessment of potential pesticide transmission, considering the combined impact of soil texture and pesticide properties: a meta-analysis. Soil Use and Management 10.1111/sum.12794. McGinley_SUM

Byrne, I., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Tuohy, P. 2022. The distribution, type, popularity, size and availability of river-run gravel and crushed stone for use in land drainage systems, and their suitability for mineral soils in Ireland. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 10.15212/ijafr-2022-0006 Byrne et al. IJAF

 Shi, W., Fenton, O., Ashekuzzaman, S.M., Daly, K., Leahy, J.J., Khalaf, N., Hu, Y., Chojnacka, S., Numyiyimana, C., Healy, M.G. 2022. An examination of maximum legal application rates of dairy processing and associated STRUBIAS fertilising products in agriculture. Journal of Environmental Management 301: 113880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113880. Paper here: Wenxuan JEM

2021

Hu, Y., Khomenko, O., Shi, W., Velasco Sanchez, A., Ashekuzzaman, S.M., Bennegadi-Laurent, N., Daly, K., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Leahy, J.J., Sørensen, P., Sommer, S.G., Taghizadeh-Toosi, A., Trinsoutrot Gattin, I. 2021. Holistic Review of Dairy Processing Sludge and Secondary STRUBIAS Products used in Agriculture. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 763020. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.763020 Wenxuan_frontiers paper

Siggins, A., Thom, C., Healy, M.G., Abram, F. 2021. Simultaneous adsorption and biodegradation of trichloroethylene occurs in a biochar-packed column treating contaminated leachate. Journal of Hazardous Materials 403: 123676. Siggins et al. 2021

Kavanagh, I., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Burchill, W., Lanigan, G.J., Krol, D.J. 2021. Mitigating ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using agricultural waste, commercially available products, and a chemical acidifier. Journal of Cleaner Production 294: 126251. Kavanagh et al. 2021

Shi, W., Healy, M.G., Ashekuzzaman, S.M., Daly, K., Leahy, J.J., Fenton, O. 2021. Dairy processing sludge and co-products: a review of present and future re-use pathways in agriculture. Journal of Cleaner Production 314: 128035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128035

Karki, S., Bermejo, R., Wilkes, R., Mac Monagail, M., Daly, E., Healy, M.G., Hanafin, J., McKinstry, A., Mellander, P.E., Fenton, O., Morrison, L. 2021. Mapping spatial distribution and biomass of intertidal Ulva blooms using machine learning and earth observation. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:633128.  Karki et al. 2021

Mohamed, A.Y.A., Welles, L., Siggins, A., Healy, M.G., Brdanovic, D., Rada-Araza, A.M., Lopez-Vazquez, C.M. 2021. Effects of substrate stress and light intensity on enhanced biological phosphorus removal in a photo-activated sludge system. Water Research 189: 116606 Ahmed_Wat. Res.

Arenas-Montano, V., Fenton, O., Moore, B., Healy, M.G. 2021. Evaluation of the fertiliser replacement value of phosphorus-saturated filter media. Journal of Cleaner Production 291: 125943. Arenas-Montano_2021

2020

Siggins, A., Abram, F., Healy, M.G. 2020. Pyrolysed waste materials show potential for remediation of trichloroethylene-contaminanted water. Journal of Hazardous Materials 390: 121909. Siggins et al. J. Haz. Mat.‌

Ezzati, G., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Christianson, L., Feyereisen, G.W., Thorton, S., Chen, Q., Fan, B., Ding, J., Daly, K. 2020. Impacts of P inputs on source-sink P dynamics of sediment along an an agricultural ditch network. Journal of Environmental Management 257: 109988.  Ezzati et al. JEM_2020

Mohamed, A.Y.A., Siggins, A., Healy, M.G., O hUallachain, D., Fenton, O., Tuohy, P. 2020. Appraisal and ranking of poly-aluminium chloride, ferric chloride and alum for the treatment of dairy soiled water. Journal of Environmental Management 267: 110567. Mohamed et al. JEM

Ezzati, G., Healy, M.G., Christianson, L., Daly, K., Fenton, O., Feyereisen, G., Thornton, S., Callery, O. 2020. Use of rapid small-scale column tests for simultaneous prediction of phosphorus and nitrogen retention in large-scale filters. Journal of Water Process Engineering 37: 101473. Ezzati et al. J. Wat. Proc. Engin.

O Briain, O., Mendes, A., McCarron, S., Healy, M.G., Morrison, L. 2020. The role of wet wipes and sanitary towels as a source of white microplastic fibres in the marine environment. Water Research 182: :116021.  ‌O'Briain et al. 2021

2019

Kavanagh, I., Burchill, W., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Krol, D.J., Lanigan, G.J. 2019. Mitigation of ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using acidifiers and chemcial amendments. Journal of Cleaner Production 237: `117822. Kavanagh et al. J. Cleaner Prod.

Ezzati, G., Healy, M.G., Christianson, L., Feyereisen, G.W., Thornton, S., Daly, K., Fenton, O. 2019. Developing and validating a decision support tool for media selection to mitigate drainage waters. Ecological Engineeering X 2: 100010. Golnaz_Ecol Eng

Clagnan, E., Thornton, S.F., Rolfe, S.A., Wells, N.S., Knoller, K., Murphy, J.,Tuohy, P., Daly, K., Healy, M.G., Ezzati, G., von Chamier, J., Fenton, O. 2019. An integrated assessment of nitrogen source, transformation and fate within an intensive dairy system to inform management change. PloS ONE 14(7): e0219479. Clagnan paper

Callery, O., Healy, M.G. 2019. A novel method to rapidly assess the suitability of water treatment residual and crushed concrete for the mitigation of point and nonpoint source nutrient pollution. Resources, Conservation and Recycling:x 2, August 2019, 100010.  Oisin_Res. Cons. Recycl. paper 

Jarvie, H.P., Flaten, D., Sharpley, A.N., Kleinman, P.J.A., Healy, M.G., King, S.M. 2019. Future phosphorus: advancing new '2D' allotropes and growing a sustainable bioeconomy. Journal of Environmental Quality 48(5): 1145-1155. Jarvie et al. JEQ

Gonzalez Jimenez, J.L., Healy, M.G., Daly, K. 2019. Effects of fertiliser on phosphorus pools in soils with contrasting organic matter content: a fractionation and path analysis study. Geoderma 338: 128-135. Gonzalez et al. Geoderma

Cusack, P.B., Callery, O., Courtney, R., Ujaczki, E., O'Donoghue, L.M.T., Healy, M.G. 2019. The use of rapid, small-scale column tests to determine the efficiency of bauxite residue as a low-cost adsorbent in the removal of dissolved reactive phoshorus. Journal of Environmental Management 241: 273-283. Cusack et al. JEM_2019

Gonzalez-Jimenez, J.L., Daly, K., Roberts, W.M., Healy, M.G. 2019. Split phosphorus applications as a strategy to reduce incidental phosphorus losses in surface runoff. Journal of Environmental Management 242: 114-120.  Gonzalez et al. 2019_JEM

Cusack, P.B., Courtney, R., Healy, M.G., O' Donoghue, L.T., Ujacki, E. 2019. An evaluation of the general composition and critical raw material content of bauxite residue in a storage area over a twelve-year period. Journal of Cleaner Production 208: 393-401. Cusack_J. Cleaner Prod._charact.

2018
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Gonzalez Jiminez, J.L., Healy, M.G., Roberts, W.M., Daly, K. 2018. Contrasting yield responses to phosphorus applications on mineral and organic soils from extensively managed grasslands: implications for P management in high ecological status catchments. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 181: 861 - 869. Gonzalez et al. J. Pl Sci Nutr

Pathak, A., Healy, M.G., Morrison, L. 2018. Changes in the fractionation profile of Al, Ni and Mo during bioleaching of spent hydroprocessing catalysts with acidithiobacillus ferroxidans. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering. In press. Pathak et al._Env Sci and Health

Vero, S.E., Basu, N.B., Van Meter, K., Richards, K.G., Mellander, P.E., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O. 2017. Review: the environmental status and implications of the nitrate time lag in Europe and North America. Hydrogeology Journal 26: 7-22.  Vero et al. 2018

Cusack, P.B., Healy, M.G., Ryan, P.C., Burke, I.T., O'Donoghue, L.M.T., Ujaczki, E., Courtney, R. 2018. Enhancement of bauxite residue as a low-cost adsorbent for phoshorus in aqueous solution, using seawater and gypsum treatments. Journal of Cleaner Production 179: 217 - 224.  Cusack et al. 2018

Clarke, R., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Cummins, E. 2018. Quantitative risk assessment of antimicrobials in biosolids applied on agricultural land and potential translocation into food. Food Research International 108: 1049 - 1060. Rachel_Food Res Internat

Maher, C.A., Carey, J.G.J., Mulkeen, C.J., Williams, C.D., Knutson, L.V., Healy,  M.G., Gormally, M.J. 2018. Tetenocera punctifrons Rondani (Diptera, Sciomyzidae): comparisons of adults and immature stages with those of T. latifolia Frey. Dipterists Digest 24: 129 - 145. Maher et al.

O' Flynn, C.J., Fenton, O., Wall, D., Brennan, R.B., McLaughlin, M.J., Healy, M.G. 2018. Influence of soil phosphorus status, texture, pH and metal content on the efficacy of amendments to pig slurry in reducing phosphorus losses. Soil Use and Management. DOI: 10.1111/sum.12391.  O' Flynn et al. SUM

Murnane, J.G., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G. 2018. Impacts of zeolite, alum and polyaluminum chloride amendments mixed with agricultural wastes on soil column leachate, and CO2 and CH4 emissions. Journal of Environmental Management 206: 398 - 408. Murnane et al. 2018

2017

Callery, O., Healy, M.G. 2017. Predicting the propagation of concentration and saturation fronts in fixed-bed filters. Water Research 123: 556 - 568.  Callery and Healy, 2017

Mulkeen, C.J., Gibson-Brabazon, S., Carlin, C., Williams, C.D., Healy, M.G., Mackey, P., Gormally, M.J. 2017. Habitat suitability assessment of constructed wetlands for the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris [Linnaeus, 1758]): A comparison with natural wetlands. Ecological Engineering 106: 532 - 540.  Mulkeen et al. (habitat paper)

Mulkeen, C.J., Williams, C.D., Gormally, M., Healy, M.G. 2017. Seasonal patterns of metals and nutrients in Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel in a constructed wetland in the west of Ireland. Ecological Engineering 107: 192 - 197.  Mulkeen et al. 2017_veg paper

Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Cormican, M., Peyton, D.P., Ordsmith, N., Kimber, K., Morrison, L. 2017. Antimicrobial compounds (triclosan and triclocarban) in sewage sludges, and their presence in runoff following land application. Ecotoxicity and Environmental Safety 142: 448 - 453. Healy PPCP

Brennan, R.B., Clifford, E., Devroedt, C., Morrison, L., Healy, M.G. 2017. Treatment of landfill leachate in municipal wastewater treatment plants and impacts on effluent ammonium concentrations. Journal of Environmental Management 188: 64 - 72.

Pathak, A., Morrison, L., Healy, M.G. 2017. Catalytic potential of selected metal ions for bioleaching, and potential techno-economic issues: a critical review. Bioresource Technology 229: 211 - 221. Pathak et al. 2017

Mahon, A.M., O'Connell, B., Healy,  M.G., O'Connor, I., Officer, R., Nash, R., Morrison, L. 2017. Microplastics in sewage sludge: effects of treatment. Environmental Science and Technology 51: 810 - 818. Mahon et al.

Vero, S.E., Healy, M.G., Henry, T., Creamer, R.E., Ibrahim, T.G., Richards, K.G., Mellander, P.E., McDonald, N.T., Fenton, O. 2017. A framework for determining unsaturated zone time lags at catchment scale. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 236: 234 - 242. Vero_Ag_Ecosyst_Env

Clarke, R., Peyton, D., Healy,  M.G., Fenton, O., Cummins, E. 2017. A quantitative microbial risk assessment model for total coliforms and e. coli in surface runoff following application of biosolids to grassland. Environmental Pollution 224: 739 - 750. Rachel_Env Poll

2016

Murnane, J.G., Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G. ,Fenton, O. 2016. Zeolite combined with alum and aluminium chloride mixed with agricultural slurries reduces carbon losses in runoff from grassed soil boxes. Journal of Environmental Quality 44(5): 1674 - 1683. John_JEQ_Carbon paper

Grace, M.A., Clifford, E., Healy, M.G. 2016. Performance of novel media in stratified filters to remove organic carbon from lake water. Water Research 104: 371 - 380. ‌

Murnane, J.G., Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O. 2016. Assessment of intermittently loaded woodchip and sand filters to treat dairy soiled water. Water Research 103: 408 - 415.  Murnane et al. Wat Res

Grace, M.A., Clifford, E., Healy, M.G. 2016. The potential for the use of waste products from a variety of sectors in water treatment processes. Journal of Cleaner Production 137: 788 - 802. Maebh_J. Cleaner Prodn

Vero, S.E., Healy, M.G., Henry, T., Creamer, R.E., Ibrahim, T.G., Forrestal, P.J., Richards, K.G., Fenton, O. 2016. A methodological framework to determine optimum durations for the construction of soil water characteristic curves using centifugation. Irish Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 55(2): 91 - 99.  Vero et al. IJAFR

Callery, O., Healy, M.G., Rognard, F., Barthelemy, L., Brennan, R.B. 2016. Evaluating long-term performance of low-cost adsorbents using small-scale adsorption column experiments. Water Research 101: 429-440. Oisin_Wat Res

Clarke, R., Peyton, D., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Cummins, E. 2016. A quantitative risk assessment for metals in surface water following the application of biosolids to grassland. Science of the Total Environment 566-567: 102-112.  Clarke et al. STOTEN

Grace, M.A., Healy, M.G., Clifford, E. 2016. Performance and surface clogging in intermittently loaded and slow sand filters containing novel media. Journal of Environmental Management 180: 102-110. Grace et al. JEM

Healy, M.G., Ryan, P.C., Fenton, O., Peyton, D.P., Wall, D.P., Morrison, L. 2016. Bioaccumulation of metals in ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) following the application of lime stabilised, thermally dried and anaerobically digested sewage sludge. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 130: 303 - 309. Ecotox. Env. Safety

Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G., Morrison, L., Hynes, S., Norton, D., Clifford, E. 2016. Management of landfill leachate: the legacy of Europe Union directives. Waste Management 55: 355 - 363. Brennan et al. Waste Management

Clarke, R., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Cummins, E. 2016. A quantitative risk model to evaluate emerging organic contaminants in biosolid amended land and potential transport to drinking water. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 22(4): 958-990. Clarke et al. 2016_Hum Ecol Risk

Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Brennan, F.P., Thornton, S.F., Lanigan, G.J., Ibrahim, T.G. 2016. Holistic evaluation of field-scale denitrifying bioreactors as a basis to improve environmental quality. Journal of Environmental Quality 45(3): 788-795. JEQ_bioreactors  

Jahangir, M.M.R., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Gill, L., Muller, C., Johnston, P., Richards, K.G. 2016. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in constructed wetlands treating wastewaters: a review. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20: 1 - 15. ‌

Peyton, D.P., Healy, M.G., Fleming, G.T.A., Grant, J., Wall, D., Morrison, L., Cormican, M., Fenton, O. 2016. Nutrient, metal and microbial loss in surface runoff following treated sludge and dairy slurry application to an Irish grassland soil. Science of the Total Environment 541: 218 - 229. Dara_STOTEN 

Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Forrestal, P.J., Danaher, M., Brennan, R.B., Morrison, O. 2016. Metal concentrations in lime stabilised, thermally dried and anaerobically digested sewage sludges. Waste Management 48: 404-408. Metals_biosolids paper

2015

Callery, O., Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G. 2015. Use of amendments in a peat soil to reduce phosphorus losses from forestry operations. Ecological Engineering 85: 193 - 200. Callery et al. 2015

Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O., Lanigan, G.J. 2015. The effect of chemical amendments used for phosphorus abatement on greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from dairy cattle slurry: synergies and pollution swapping. PLoS One 10(6): e0111965. doi: 10.1271/journal.pone.0111965. Brennan_PLoS One 

Grace, M.A., Healy, M.G., Clifford, E. 2015. Use of industrial by-products and natural media to adsorb nutrients, metals and organic carbon from drinking water. Science of the Total Environment 518-519: 491 - 497. Grace et al. STOTEN

Murnane, J.G., Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G., Fenton, O. 2015. Zeolite and chemcial amendments to mitigate mixed contaminant losses in agricultural runoff. Journal of Environmental Quality 44: 1674 - 1683. Murnane et al. 2015_JEQ

2014

Healy, M.G., Barrett, M., Lanigan, G., Serrenho, A., Ibrahim, T.G., Thornton, S.F., Rolfe, S.A., Huang, W.E., Fenton, O. 2014. Optimizing nitrate removal and evaluating pollution swapping trade-offs from laboratory denitrification bioreactors. Ecological Engineering 74: 290 - 301. Ana_bioreactor

Vero, S.E., Ibrahim, T.G., Creamer, R.E., Grant, J., Healy, M.G., Henry, T., Kramers, G., Richards, K.G., Fenton, O. 2014. Consequences of varied soil hydraulic and meteorological complexity on unsaturated zone time lag estimates. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 170: 53 - 67. Vero et al. J. Cont. Hydrol.

Lucid, J.D., Fenton, O., Grant, J., Healy, M.G. 2014. Effect of rainfall time interval on runoff losses of biosolids and meat and bone meal when applied to a grassland soil. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 225(8): 2042. PDF here

Regan, J.T., Fenton, O., Daly, K., Grant, J., Wall, D., Healy, M.G. 2014. Effects of overland flow on critical soil test phosphorus thresholds in tillage soils. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 225(8): 2044-2056. PDF here

Finnegan, J., Regan, J.T., Fenton, O., Lanigan, G.J., Brennan, R., Healy, M.G. 2014. The short-term effects of management changes on watertable position and nutrients in shallow groundwater in a harvested peatland forest. Journal of Environmental Management 142: 46 - 52. PDF here

Ruane, E.M., Murphy, P.N.C., French, P., Healy, M.G. 2014. Comparison of a stratified and a single-layer laboratory sand filter to treat dairy soiled water from a farm-scale woodchip filter. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 225: 1915. ‌

Healy, M.G., Rowan, M.W., McIlrath, L. 2014. The impact of service-learning on voluntary and Heacommunity organizations in the west of Ireland. The All Ireland Journal for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 6(1): 1541. Healy, Rowan and McIlrath

Troy, S.M., Lawlor, P.G., O’ Flynn, C.J., Healy, M.G. 2014. The impact of biochar addition on nutrient leaching and soil properties of tillage soil amended with pig manure. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 225(3): 1900. Troy_Wat_Air_Soil

Rodgers, M., Kielty, A., Healy, M.G. 2014. Performance of granitic, shale, and limestone forest road aggregates subjected to repeated loading. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering 140(4): 47 - 54. PDF here

Finnegan, J., Regan, J.T., O’Connor, M., Wilson, P., Healy, M.G. 2014. Implications of applied best management practice for peatland forest harvesting. Ecological Engineering 63: 12 – 26. Joanne_Ecol_Eng_2014_BMP

Brennan, R.B., Wall, D., Fenton, O., Grant, J., Sharpley, A.N., Healy, M.G. 2014. The impact of chemical amendment of dairy cattle slurry before land application on soil phosphorus dynamics. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 45(16): 2215 - 2233. Brennan_Soil_Pl

Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Brennan, F., Jahangir, M.M.R., Lanigan, G.J., Richards, K.G., Thornton, S.F., Ibrahim, T.G. 2014. Permeable reactive interceptors – blocking diffuse nutrient greenhouse gases losses in key areas of the farming landscape. Journal of Agricultural Science 152: S71 - S81. Fenton et al._2014_J. Ag. Sci.

2013

O’ Flynn, C.J., Healy, M.G., Lanigan, G.J., Troy, S.M., Somers, C., Fenton, O. 2013. Impact of chemically amended pig slurry on greenhouse gas emissions, soil properties and leachate. Journal of Environmental Management 128: 690-698. Con_JEM_2013

O’ Flynn, C.J., Healy, M.G., Wilson, P., Noekstra, N.J., Troy, S.M., Fenton, O. 2013. Chemical amendment of pig slurry: control of runoff related risks due to episodic rainfall events up to 48 hours after application. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20: 6019 – 6027. Con ESPR paper

Lucid, J.D., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G. 2013. Estimation of maximum biosolids and meat and bone meal application to a low P index soil and a method to test for nutrient and metal losses. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 224: 1464 – 1475. PDF here

Ibrahim, T.G., Fenton, O., Richards, K.G., Fealy, R.M., Healy, M.G. 2013. Loads and forms of nitrogen and phosphorus in overland flow and subsurface drainage on a marginal land site in south east Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 113B(2): 169 – 186.  Ibrahim et al. RIA

Troy, S.M., Nolan, T., Leahy, J.J., Lawlor, P.G., Healy, M.G., Kwapinski, W. 2013. Effect of sawdust addition and composting of feedstock on renewable energy and biochar production from pyrolysis of anaerobically digested pig manure. Biomass and Bioenergy 49: 1-9. Troy_Biomass_Bioenergy

Troy, S.M., Lawlor, P.G., O’ Flynn, C.J., Healy, M.G. 2013. Impact of biochar addition to soil on greenhouse gas emissions following pig manure application. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 60: 173 – 181. Troy_Soil Biol Biochem

2012

Brennan, R.B., Healy, M.G., Grant, J., Ibrahim, T., Fenton, O. 2012. Incidental phosphorus and nitrogen loss from grassland plots receiving chemically amended dairy cattle slurry. Science of the Total Environment 441: 132 – 140. Brennan_Plot

O’ Flynn, C.J., Fenton, O., Wilson, P., Healy, M.G. 2012. Impact of pig slurry amendments on phosphorus, suspended sediment and metal losses in laboratory runoff boxes under simulated rainfall. Journal of Environmental Management 113: 78 – 84.

Finnegan, J., Regan, J.T., de Eyto, E., Ryder, L., Tiernan, D., Healy, M.G. 2012. Nutrient dynamics in a peatland forest riparian buffer zone and implications for the establishment of planted saplings. Ecological Engineering 47: 155 – 164.  Joanne_buffer_Ecol Eng

Troy, S.M., Nolan, T., Kwapinski, W., Leahy, J.J., Healy, M.G., Lawlor, P. 2012. Effect of sawdust addition on composting of separated raw and anaerobically digested pig manure. Journal of Environmental Management 111: 70 – 77. ‌

Serrenho, A., Fenton, O., Murphy, P.N.C., Grant, J., Healy, M.G. 2012. Effect of chemical amendments to dairy soiled water and time between application and rainfall on phosphorus and sediment losses in runoff. Science of the Total Environment 430: 1-7. PDF here

Nolan, T., Troy, S.M., Gilkinson, S., Frost, P., Xie, S., Zhan, X., Harrington, C., Healy, M.G., Lawlor, P.G. 2012. Economic analysis of pig manure treatment options in Ireland. Bioresource Technology 105: 15-23. 

Regan, J.T., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G. 2012. A review of phosphorus and sediment release from Irish tillage soils, the methods used to quantify losses and the current state of mitigation practice. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the RoyalIrishAcademy 112B(1): 157-183. ‌

Fenton, O., Kirwan, L., O’ Uallacháin, D., Healy, M.G. 2012. The effectiveness and feasibility of using ochre as a soil amendment to sequester dissolved reactive phosphorus in runoff. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 223(3): 1249-1261.

Healy, M.G., Ibrahim, T.G., Lanigan, G., Serrenho, A., Fenton, O. 2012. Nitrate removal rate, efficiency and pollution swapping potential of different organic carbon media in laboratory denitrification bioreactors. Ecological Engineering 40: 198-209. PDF here

O’ Flynn, C.J., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G. 2012. Evaluation of amendments to control phosphorus losses in runoff from pig slurry applications to land. CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water 40(2): 164-170. 

Ruane, E.M., Murphy, P.N.C., Healy, M.G., French, P., Rodgers, M. 2011. On-farm treatment of dairy soiled water using aerobic woodchip filters. Water Research 45: 6668-6676. PDF here

Necpalova, M., Fenton, O., Casey, I., Humphreys, J. 2012. N leaching to groundwater from dairy production involving grazing over the winter on a clay-loam soil. Science of the Total Environment, 432: 159-172

O. Fenton, D. Ó hUallacháin, 2012. Agricultural nutrient surpluses as potential input sources to grow third generation biomass (microalgae): A review, Algal Research, 1, 49-56.

Janghir, M.M. R., Johnston, P., Khalil, M.I., Hennessey, D., Humphreys, J., Fenton, O. 2012. Groundwater: A pathway for terrestrial C and N losses and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 159: 40-48

2011

Brennan, R.B., Fenton, O., Grant, J., Healy, M.G. 2011. Impact of chemical amendment of dairy cattle slurry on phosphorus, suspended sediment and metal loss to runoff from a grassland soil. Science of the Total Environment 409: 5111-5118. Brennan_flume

Healy, M.G., O’ Flynn, C.J. 2011. The performance of constructed wetlands treating primary, secondary and dairy soiled water in Ireland (a review). Journal of Environmental Management 92(10): 2348-2354.

Nolan, T., Troy, S.M., Healy, M.G., Kwapinski, W., Leahy, J.J., Lawlor, P.G. 2011. Characterization of separated pig manure composted with a variety of bulking agents at low initial C/N ratios. Bioresource Technology 102: 7131-7138. Nolan_Biores_CN

Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Henry, T., Khalil, M.I., Grant, J., Baily, A., Richards, K.G. 2011. Exploring the relationship between groundwater geochemical factors and denitrification potentials on a dairy farm in south east Ireland. Ecological Engineering 37: 1304-1313. Fenton_EcolEng

Fenton, O., Serrenho, A., Healy, M.G. 2011. Evaluation of amendments to control phosphorus losses in runoff from dairy soiled water. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 222: 185-194. Fenton_Ana

Healy, M.G., Rodgers, M., Burke, P. 2011. Quantification of biofilm build-up in filters when intermittently loaded with low-strength synthetic wastewater. Desalination 271(1-3): 105-110.

Brennan, R.B., Fenton, O., Rodgers, M., Healy, M.G. 2011. Evaluation of chemical amendments to control phosphorus losses from dairy slurry. Soil Use and Management 27(2): 238-246. Brennan_SUM

Rodgers, M., Walsh, G., Healy, M.G. 2011. Different depth sand filters for laboratory treatment of synthetic wastewater with concentrations close to measured septic tank effluent. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering 46(1): 80-85.

2010

Rodgers, M., O’ Connor, M., Healy, M.G., O’ Driscoll, C., ul-Zaman Asam, Z., Nieminen, M., Xiao, L. 2010. Phosphorus release from forest harvesting on an upland peat blanket catchment. Forest Ecology and Management 260(12): 2241- 2248.

Healy, M.G., Burke, P., Rodgers, M. 2010. The use of laboratory sand, soil and crushed-glass filter columns for polishing domestic-strength synthetic wastewater that has undergone secondary treatment. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering 45(12) 1635-1641.

Creamer, R.E., Brennan, F., Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Lalor, S.T.J., Lanigan, G.J., Regan, J.T., Griffiths, B.S. 2010. Implications of the proposed Soil Framework Directive on agricultural systems in Atlantic Europe – a review. Soil Use and Management 26: 198-211. (Invited).

Regan, J.T., Rodgers, M., Healy, M.G., Kirwan, L., Fenton, O. 2010. Determining phosphorus and sediment release rates from five Irish tillage soils. Journal of Environmental Quality 39: 185-192. Regan_JEQ

2009

Rodgers, M., Keaney, J., Healy, M.G. 2009. Repeated load testing of two schist and limestone aggregate materials used in unbound forest roads. Journal of Terramechanics 46(6): 285-292.

Fenton, O., Richards, K.G., Kirwan, L., Healy, M.G. 2009. Factors affecting nitrate distribution in shallow groundwater under a beef farm in south eastern Ireland. Journal of Environmental Management 90: 3135-3146. 

Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Richards, K. 2009. Methodology for the location of a subsurface permeable reactive barrier for the remediation of point source pollution on an Irish farm. Tearmann 6: 29 - 44.

Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Rodgers, M., O hUallacháin, D. 2009. Site-specific P absorbency of ochre from acid mine drainage near an abandoned Cu-S mine in the Avoca-Avonmore catchment, Ireland. Clay Minerals 44: 113-123. 

Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Rodgers, M. 2009. Use of ochre from an abandoned metal mine in the south east of Ireland for phosphorus sequestration from dairy dirty water. Journal of Environmental Quality 38: 1120 – 1125.

2008

Fenton, O., Healy, M.G., Schulte, R.P.O. 2008. A review of remediation and control systems for the treatment of agricultural wastewater in Ireland to satisfy the requirements of the Water Framework Directive. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 108B(2): 69 – 79.

2007

Healy, M.G., Newell, J., Rodgers, M. 2007. Harvesting effects on biomass and nutrient retention in Phragmites australis in a free-water surface constructed wetland in western Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 107B(3): 139-145.

Healy, M.G., Rodgers, M., Mulqueen, J. 2007. Treatment of dairy wastewater using constructed wetlands and intermittent sand filters. Bioresource Technology 98: 2268-2281.

Healy, M.G., Rodgers, M., Mulqueen, J. 2007. Performance of a stratified sand filter in removal of chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids and ammonia nitrogen from high-strength wastewaters. Journal of Environmental Management 83: 409-415.

2006

Mulqueen, J., Rodgers, M., Marren, N., Healy, M.G. 2006. Erodibility of hill peat. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 45(2): 103-114.

Rodgers, M., Healy, M.G., Prendergast, J. 2006. A novel hybrid filter for the treatment of septic tank effluent. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering 132(7): 764 – 768.

Healy, M.G., Rodgers, M., Mulqueen, J. 2006. Denitrification of a nitrate-rich wastewater using various wood-based media materials. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering 41(5): 779 – 788.

Rodgers, M., Healy, M.G., Prendergast, J. 2006. Nitrification in a vertically moving biofilm system. Journal of Environmental Management 79(3): 242-246.

2005

Rodgers, M., Healy, M.G., Mulqueen, J. 2005. Organic carbon removal and nitrification of high strength wastewaters using stratified sand filters. Water Research 39: 3279-3286.

2004

Healy, M.G., Rodgers, M., Mulqueen, J. 2004. Recirculating sand filters for treatment of synthetic dairy parlor washings. Journal of Environmental Quality 33: 713-718.

Rodgers, M., Mulqueen, J., Healy, M.G. 2004. Surface clogging in an intermittent stratified sand filter. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68: 1827-1832.

2002

Healy, M.G., Cawley, A.M. 2002. Nutrient processing capacity of a constructed wetland in western Ireland. Journal of Environmental Quality 17: 1739-1747. ‌