Minister launches Lee and Bandon-Ilen Action Plan to improve water quality

The Teagasc 'Better Farming for Water' campaign has launched its Lee and Bandon-Ilen catchment action plan with Carbery as its industry lead of the implementation group

Pictured on the Bandon river  for the Lee Bandon and Illen river was Christopher O'Sullivan TD minister of state for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity who launched the event with local dairy farmer and Teagasc member Vanessa Kiely O'Connor along with Jim Bergin, chair of BFFW steering committee, Frank O'Mara, director Teagasc Stan Lalor, Teagasc Vincent O'Donovan, chairperson Carbery group, Liam Herlihy, Teagasc, Roy Kingston, farmer and chairman of catchment implementation group, Enda Buckley, director of sustainability, Carbery and Oisín Coackley, catchment co-ordinator. Picture: Denis Boyle

The Lee and Bandon-Ilen Catchment Action Plan was recently launched as part of the ‘Better Farming for Water’ campaign run by Teagasc.

Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan, officially launched the action plan on March 27.