Lahinch swim ban lifted
*Photograph: John Mangan LAHINCH BEACH has reopened to swimmers with the lifting of a prohibition on bathing.
Environmental Protection Agency
Discharge from treatment plant acknowledged for first time relating to catastrophic North Clare fish kill
*Some of the dead fish in Ballymacraven. REFERENCE has been made to “an alleged discharge” for the first time from a North Clare water treatment plant which resulted in a “catastrophic” fish kill in the locality.
1,800 tonnes of raw sewage entering Clare coastline daily
*Untreated water entering the sea at Lahinch. Photograph: John Mangan 1,800 tonnes of raw sewage enters the Clare coastline daily.
Air quality in Ennis remains a concern
EFFORTS to tackle poor air quality in Ennis must be intensified, a local representative has said.
Irish Water & EPA ‘failing to protect Kilkee’
Irish Water and the Environmental Protection Agency have been criticised for their “failure” to protect Kilkee.
Five Clare areas continue to release raw sewage into the environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have released their Urban Wastewater Treatment report for 2019, citing five Clare towns that continued to release raw sewage into the environment by the end of the year.
