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Farmer fined in court over silage effluent pollution

February 26, 2020

A farmer that pleaded guilty to allowing a polluting discharge from his farm to enter a waterway in the Cloughmills area of Co.…

Farmer fined for effluent pollution of waterway

August 16, 2019

N.Ireland

A farmer has been fined for allowing farm effluent to enter a waterway causing local pollution, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment…

LacPatrick Dairies fined for pollution

May 4, 2018

N.Ireland

LacPatrick Dairies’ Northern Ireland arm was today fined £5,000 at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court after it pleaded guilty to releasing polluting discharge from an…

Dairygold, Arrabawn and Carbery listed among country’s worst polluters

October 3, 2017

Agri-Business

Bord Bia have arranged to meet with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to discuss the startling findings of a report naming three dairy…

Dairy farmer fined for waterway pollution

August 31, 2017

N.Ireland

A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined for polluting a waterway in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural…

Farmer fined for water pollution in Armagh

August 21, 2017

N.Ireland

A farmer was fined for causing pollution to a river in Co. Armagh earlier today, according to Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and…

Construction company fined for waterway pollution

August 8, 2017

N.Ireland

A Northern Irish construction firm was fined for causing pollution to a waterway in Co. Derry this week, according to the Department of Agriculture,…

‘Safeguarding Ireland’s aquatic environment will require teamwork’

August 1, 2017

Rural Life

State agencies, such as Inland Fisheries Ireland, need to work with farmers to safeguard Ireland’s aquatic environment, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) Environment Chairman,…

Two farmers fined for polluting waterways

July 7, 2017

Environment

Two farmers in Northern Ireland have been fined for polluting waterways, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). One…

Farmers fined in connection with fish kill incident

June 12, 2017

N.Ireland

Two farmers from Co. Fermanagh have been fined recently at Omagh Magistrates’ Court, in connection with a fish kill incident. Over 190 fish…

Farmer convicted and fined for polluting a waterway

March 23, 2017

Environment

A farmer from Co. Antrim was recently convicted and fined £750 (€867) at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court for polluting a waterway. An Offender’s Levy of £15…

Farmer in the North fined for polluting waterway causing serious fish kill

January 12, 2017

Environment

A farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined £650 (€750) and a £15 (€17) offender levy for causing polluting discharge to enter a waterway…

Slurry identified as the cause of a fish kill in Kerry

December 15, 2016

Environment

Agricultural slurry has been identified as the cause of a fish kill in a river near the town of Tralee in Co. Kerry.…

Northern Irish farmer fined for allowing silage effluent to enter waterway

December 2, 2016

N.Ireland

A farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined for polluting a waterway with silage effluent. William Steele from Liswatty Road, Coleraine was was…

Co Armagh farmer fined £1,000 for ‘grossly’ polluting waterway

August 16, 2016

N.Ireland

A Co. Armagh farmer has been fined £1,000 for water pollution offences after it was found that a waterway was “grossly polluted”. At…

Silage effluent suspected of causing a major fish kill in Northern Ireland

August 4, 2016

N.Ireland

Silage effluent is the suspected cause of more than 1,000 fish dying in a river near Claudy, Co. Derry, according to a statement…

Two of the most potentially toxic pollution sources on farms this summer

July 2, 2016

Environment

Farmers are being advised to be conscious that some of the worst waterways pollution happens over the summer months. Alan Morrow, Countryside Management…

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