Environment
'No specific factors' caused salmon deaths in Sligo river - IFI
A scientific report by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has found that no specific factors could be conclusively established as the...
Fish Kill
Environment
Report: Agriculture listed as 'most common' cause of fish kills
Agriculture has been listed as the most common known cause of fish kills in Ireland according to a new report,...
Environment
Investigation launched as up to 2,000 fish killed in Wicklow river
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has launched an investigation into the source of a fish kill in Co. Wicklow in which...
Rural Life
Investigation into death of 850 wild salmon in Sligo river
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has launched an investigation into the death of around 850 wild Atlantic salmon in a river...
N.Ireland
Investigations ongoing into Antrim fish kill following slurry discharge
Over 1,100 fish were killed in a Co. Antrim river after reports of slurry being discharged into the water source...
Rural Life
Uisce Éireann to pay over €15,000 after 'very significant fish kill'
By Gordon Deegan An iron sludge discharge from a ’no longer fit for purpose’ water treatment plant operated by Uisce...
N.Ireland
Court: Farmer pleads guilty to water pollution causing fish kill
A Co. Down farmer has pleaded guilty in court to a water pollution incident which resulted in a fish kill...
Environment
Uisce Éireann prosecuted over Clare fish kill
By Gordon Deegan Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is prosecuting Uisce Éireann in connection with a fish kill that occurred in...
Environment
Uisce Éireann fined for polluting Cavan river
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured a prosecution against Uisce Éireann, formerly known as Irish Water, for pollution of the...
Agri-Business
EPA investigating fish kill following incident at Aurivo milk plant
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an investigation following the accidental release of wastewater from an Aurivo milk plant...
N.Ireland
Derry farmer fined for water pollution offence
A farmer from Co. Derry has been fined a total of £5,025.34 for a water pollution offence. Philip Palmer was...
N.Ireland
Antrim farmer fined £500 for water pollution offence
A Co. Antrim farmer has been convicted at Ballymena Magistrates Court for a water pollution offence which resulted in the...
Environment
Farmer convicted of causing fish kill ordered to pay €3,500
A Cork farmer has been convicted of causing a major fish kill on the Tracton River, which resulted in 5,000...
Environment
Fish kill discovered with 500 salmon and trout feared dead
A serious fish kill incident which took place recently in Co. Mayo is being investigated by Inland Fisheries Ireland. The...
Environment
Authorities investigate major fish kill with 2,000 fish dead
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is investigating a major fish kill – where an estimated 2,000 fish were found dead –...
N.Ireland
Tyrone river pollution incident believed to have originated on a farm
A water pollution incident which has resulted in a major fish kill in Co. Tyrone is thought to have originated...
Rural Life
Silage effluent suspected killer of 1,000 fish in Laois river
It is estimated that a fish kill in a midlands river now numbers over 1,000 fish following the discovery of...
Environment
Nearly 15,000 fish killed in Tipperary river
A large fill kill occurred in the Ollatrim River – a tributary of the Nenagh River – in Co. Tipperary...