Inland Fisheries Ireland says it welcomes the successful conviction of Uisce Éireann following a harmful discharge which left 5000 fish dead in North Cork.
A fine of €3,500 was imposed on the water company after discharge from the Freemount Treatment plant flowed into the River Allow on the 9th of June.
It led to a number of species of fish being discovered dead including juvenile Atlantic salmon and brown trout.
Uisce Eireann will also have to pay over €3,267 in costs for polluting the river.
Commenting after the verdict, Sean Long Director of IFI’s south-western region said: “This was an entirely avoidable ecological disaster for a sensitive river habitat.
“In this catastrophic incident an eight-kilometre stretch of river was effectively sterilised, and may take years to recover.”
