Plan aims to reverse run-off pollution to Our Lady's Island Lake

A two-year investigation on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency found that the lake’s poor ecological condition is related to excess nitrogen input

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has envisaged a cross-departmental, whole-of-government approach to deal with pollution of the lake, where severe degradation is mainly attributed to about 40 years' run-off of excessive nutrients from agriculture. Picture: Dan MacCarthy

Nearly 5,000 acres in Co Wexford are likely to be included in an action plan to reverse the pollution of Our Lady's Island Lake.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has envisaged a cross-departmental, whole-of-government approach to deal with pollution of the lake, where severe degradation is mainly attributed to about 40 years' run-off of excessive nutrients from agriculture.