Further delays in carrying out a long-awaited extension to Killarney’s sewerage network could exacerbate pollution problems in Kerry’s world-famous lakes.

Despite the presence of algae in Killarney’s largest lakes last year pollution is not expected to worsen this year, scientists have said.

THE heavy rainfall of recent years hasn’t been all bad news – it has helped flush out pollutants from one of the country’s most beautiful lakes.

A EUROPEAN Court of Justice ruling on water pollution in Ireland could make it even more difficult to get planning permission for one-off houses in the Killarney area, it has been claimed.

CONCERN is growing, yet again, about the state of Lough Lein, in Killarney, amid fears of another outbreak of an algal bloom.