The comments in the article are gas. Blaming the Green Party for this even though this situation is decades in the making.
The Greens are despised by rural Ireland and anything they say about farming is ridiculed and now they’re supposed to have solved this problem in the 5 minutes they’ve had a smidgeon of power.
Dairy is a big polluter of waterways, and you have that scumbag IFA shill McConalogue extending the nitrogen derogation so farmers can pollute our rivers more and more.
Greens wanted this done away with but were laughed and and ridiculed.
We need to leave some of our land alone and not have animals on it to improve waterway quality.
There is raw sewerage being pumped directly into the sea and rivers by our county councils. They are literally breaking the laws they are supposed to enforce themselves.
Farmers are regulated and accountable, with fines for breaches of water and nitrates regulations happening regularly.
The elephant in the room is septic tanks and other pollution, most septic tanks are seeping raw sewerage, detergents and washing powder directly into the water table, no one is ever fined or prosecuted and inspections are extremely rare.
In Galway you can see the effects on an almost daily basis now. The Corrib (especially around Eglinton canal) just pumps all the slurry that the farmers are misusing straight into Galway Bay.
What I don’t understand is why farmers can’t just spread when they’re allowed. Spreading with rain in the forecast is just a waste of money as it all runs out to sea
Not too long ago, West Cork Distillers down in Skibbereen killed 2000 fish in the river Ilen by dumping in effluent
The fuckers got caught in fairness, but I can’t imagine how big companies could be doing the same.
Have you ever even met a farmer?
It’s the intensification and industrialisation of dairy through government policy that’s the problem. Beef isn’t nearly as dirty.
There needs to be tighter rules around spraying slurry in fields. Maybe dry it, or compost it before depositing it near water courses.
Ive always seen that theres a yellow foam flowing down the river during the summer. A dark brown/black scum along the river bank (very slippy). Algae blooms if it gets warm. Dead sheep and calfs dumped upstream that collect in certain areas.
Farmers again. “Custodians of the land”
The national herd is too big and should be reduced, all the manure goes straight into watercourses which doesn’t help the situation.
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The comments in the article are gas. Blaming the Green Party for this even though this situation is decades in the making.
The Greens are despised by rural Ireland and anything they say about farming is ridiculed and now they’re supposed to have solved this problem in the 5 minutes they’ve had a smidgeon of power.
Dairy is a big polluter of waterways, and you have that scumbag IFA shill McConalogue extending the nitrogen derogation so farmers can pollute our rivers more and more.
https://www.gov.ie/ga/preasraitis/85bec-minister-mcconalogue-confirms-securing-of-a-nitrates-derogation-and-opening-of-derogation-application-system/
Greens wanted this done away with but were laughed and and ridiculed.
We need to leave some of our land alone and not have animals on it to improve waterway quality.
There is raw sewerage being pumped directly into the sea and rivers by our county councils. They are literally breaking the laws they are supposed to enforce themselves.
Farmers are regulated and accountable, with fines for breaches of water and nitrates regulations happening regularly.
The elephant in the room is septic tanks and other pollution, most septic tanks are seeping raw sewerage, detergents and washing powder directly into the water table, no one is ever fined or prosecuted and inspections are extremely rare.
In Galway you can see the effects on an almost daily basis now. The Corrib (especially around Eglinton canal) just pumps all the slurry that the farmers are misusing straight into Galway Bay.
What I don’t understand is why farmers can’t just spread when they’re allowed. Spreading with rain in the forecast is just a waste of money as it all runs out to sea
Not too long ago, West Cork Distillers down in Skibbereen killed 2000 fish in the river Ilen by dumping in effluent
The fuckers got caught in fairness, but I can’t imagine how big companies could be doing the same.
Have you ever even met a farmer?
It’s the intensification and industrialisation of dairy through government policy that’s the problem. Beef isn’t nearly as dirty.
There needs to be tighter rules around spraying slurry in fields. Maybe dry it, or compost it before depositing it near water courses.
Ive always seen that theres a yellow foam flowing down the river during the summer. A dark brown/black scum along the river bank (very slippy). Algae blooms if it gets warm. Dead sheep and calfs dumped upstream that collect in certain areas.
Farmers again. “Custodians of the land”
The national herd is too big and should be reduced, all the manure goes straight into watercourses which doesn’t help the situation.
Thanks farmers ya cunts