Irish Water has been ordered to pay €4,790 in a fine and costs concerning a “significant” fish kill it caused on a tributary of the River Shannon near Ballina in Co Tipperary last May. At Killaloe District Court, Irish Water pleaded guilty on Tuesday to allowing deleterious matter to go into the Ballcorrigan stream in the townland of Ballina on May 17th last. Imposing a fine of €2,500 and agreed costs of €2,290, Judge Patrick Durcan said that the fish kill “was significant bearing in mind the capacity of this river”. Mr Fitzsimmons said that the fish were killed as a result of a discharge from the main Irish Water waste water treatment plant serving the towns of Killaloe and Ballina. Counsel for Irish Water, Eoghan Cole BL said that Irish Water wishes to apologise for the consequences of the incident.

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2019 21:11 UTC