{"id":936087,"date":"2026-05-04T01:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/936087\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:19:16","slug":"calls-for-tougher-action-on-aughnacloy-littering-and-illegal-dumping-of-animal-carcasses-in-waterways-armagh-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/936087\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for tougher action on Aughnacloy littering and illegal dumping of animal carcasses in waterways \u2013 Armagh I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1111\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Cllr-Mark-Robinson.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Mark Robinson has called for tougher action to tackle littering in the Aughnacloy area and the illegal dumping of carcasses in Mid Ulster watercourses.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the April 23 full Council meeting, the DUP representative for Clogher Valley DEA commented: \u201cIt was just in relation to fly-tipping in Aughnacloy. It was brought to my attention at the beginning of this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an ongoing issue around the Dungannon Road area of the town. It seems there may be a number of flats there that do not have their own bins and appear to be leaving rubbish on the side of the street, and I think it is something that needs to be addressed and we should not be tolerating it as a Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the back of that, just last night I was contacted by another constituent who had been out on one of the local rivers and witnessed a number of carcasses of dead animals floating down the river.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, until this Council starts taking action against this, people are going to continue to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to do something stronger, whether it is fines or [otherwise]. I know it is very difficult to prove anything, but between fly-tipping and rubbish, it has just become a real pain in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Council Deputy Chair, Councillor Denise Johnston concurred with Councillor Robinson, remarking: \u201cThank you, Councillor Robinson, for bringing that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is indeed very worrying, and very unsightly and unhealthy as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign Up To Our Newsletter&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read today&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Councillor Mark Robinson has called for tougher action to tackle littering in the Aughnacloy area and the illegal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[1499,1500,1498,728,1501,12,70,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-936087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-armagh-city","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-county-armagh","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-latest-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116513679941962282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}