N.Ireland
A 70-year-old man has been convicted in court in Northern Ireland over an incident involving the pollution of a river with effluent.
Environment
A farming firm has been prosecuted by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) for the pollution of a river in Co. Mayo.
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has secured a conviction against a landowner for dredging salmon and trout spawning beds in Co. Kerry.
No specific factors caused the death of nearly 1,100 adult salmon in the Ballisodare river, Co. Sligo, according to a report by IFI.
Inland Fisheries Ireland has launched an investigation into the source of a fish kill in Wicklow in which up to 2,000 fish may have died.
Rural Life
An iron sludge discharge from an Uisce Éireann water treatment plant wiped out all fish life over a 2.6km river, a court heard.
A woman in her 70s has died in a farm related incident in Co. Kerry yesterday (Friday, December 1), Gardaí have confirmed.
Two separate landowners have been fined a total of of €8,500 for "destroying stretches" of their local rivers according to IFI.
Minister Noonan launched the €20m Waters of LIFE project which aims to reverse the long-term trend of decline in high-status waters.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's allocation of €185,000 for a project around...
Gardai are investigating as a sudden death the death of a farmer in Co. Roscommon following the recovery of the man's body from a river.
In excess of 1,000 fish were killed in the Ballygowan River near Claremorris in Co. Mayo after it was polluted by an effluent that is suspected to be of agricultural origin, according to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI).
An angler who found two dead calves with their ears cut off in the Morning Star River in Athlacca, Co. Limerick has called it “atrocious”.
