fish killed by river pollution in Ennistymon

11 comments

1. Locals have spent years asking the council and Irish water to stop this and the same “we’ll look I to it” reply gets given. This is appalling

2. So the gov doesn’t care about environment at all?

3. Any idea what caused it? If it’s farmers, then nothing will be done, as usual.

4. This is at least the 3rd case I’ve read about fish being killed by pollution in Ireland this year alone

5. Pity the Green Party aren’t in power to sort it out. Oh, wait. Maybe they could install a bicycle lane for the fish to get past the polution

6. That’s Heart breaking, My Mother is from Ennistymon and when I was young we would visit every couple of weeks to see my Grandmother, Uncles, Aunts and Cousins. My Father and I would always go off for a couple of hours of fishing often down to the river I was even planning and going there myself soon for a bit of fishing and nostalgia.

7. Every farmer out spraying slurry followed by a big downpour, I wonder if they’re connected 🤔

8. It doesn’t make a difference if it’s farmers, industries or fly tippers polluting rivers and lakes because nothing will ever be done about it.

9. I live near there and after a heavy downpour of rain you can just see slurry coating the sides of the cascades and the river. Same with Lahinch beach- human sewage is everywhere.

10. Raw sewage pours into that river everytime there is a lot of rain. Also on a spring tide at Lahinch with a lot of rain the treatment plant there overflows too. The river flows right into Liscannor bay.

    Don’t swim in Lahinch when there has been a lot of rain. It’s awful.

11. this is what the greens should be concentrating on, instead of trying to get people onto public transport that doesnt exist.