Organisation: Shannon Regional Fisheries Board

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Appeals over seaplane base ‘exaggerated’

THE company behind contentious plans to construct a seaplane base at Mountshannon on Lough Derg have dismissed appeals against the plan as “exaggerated and misrepresentative”.

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Probe continues after slurry spill wipes out thousands of fish

Why it’s vital we fish out illegal practices

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Fish life in lakes under threat from visiting anglers

Project to probe salmon stock mystery

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Anglers seek fishing ban after landslide

Road blocked by loose peat, not second landslide

SEVERAL tonnes of loose peat which poured down a river in north Kerry yesterday caused another road blockage.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2008

Further Kerry landslides feared as salmon and sea trout toll put at 8,000

THE landslide in Kerry last weekend killed at least 8,000 fish.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2008

Council working on restoring water supply

EMERGENCY services were yesterday working on the restoration of water supplies to people in a large stretch of north-east Kerry, following a huge landslide at the weekend.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2008

Probe into Kerry landslide after thousands of fish are killed

State fisheries experts launched an investigation today after thousands of fish were killed in a mudslide which also cut off roads and threatened water supplies.

Mon, 25 Aug, 2008

Study into falling salmon stocks

A STUDY is being carried out to establish the case of declining salmon stocks in the Shannon river.

Tue, 05 Aug, 2008

Salmon fishing ban at poaching blackspot

A THREE-MILE stretch of the Shannon River near Limerick city has been declared a poaching black-spot.

Tue, 22 May, 2007

Native trout in danger of being wiped out by chub

VISITING anglers from Britain are thought to be responsible for the introduction of a non-native fish which is now threatening wild trout stocks in the Shannon system.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2006

Company had unauthorised licence deal

THE giant Aughinish Alumina (AAL) plant on the Shannon Estuary had an unauthorised arrangement with an official of the Shannon Regional Fisheries permitting the company not to report certain breaches of its pollution control licence.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2005

Probe into factory's deal on pollution reports

The Department of the Marine is to investigate a secret pollution reporting deal between a factory and a fisheries board.

Sun, 04 Dec, 2005

Anglers take strong line against new boat charges

ANGLERS warned yesterday they will fight any new annual registration and licence fee amid fears new charges were being considered as part of the updating of by-laws on the country’s inland waterways.

Wed, 23 Nov, 2005

Fish kill prompts pollution probe

A SEWAGE treatment plant in Co Meath is in the spotlight after 4,000 wild brown trout were killed along a three-mile stretch of the River Innynear Oldcastle.

Fri, 12 Aug, 2005

Hunt on for cause of trout deaths

A sewage treatment plant in Co Meath is in the spotlight after one of the biggest fish kills in the region, it emerged tonight.

Thu, 11 Aug, 2005

Up to 4,000 trout dead in River Inny fish kill

Up to 4,000 trout are believed to have been killed on the River Inny between Oldcastle in Co Meath and Lough Sheelin in Co Cavan.

Thu, 11 Aug, 2005

Investigation into large Limerick fish-kill

The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board has confirmed that it is investigating a significant fish-kill in Co Limerick.

Thu, 14 Jul, 2005

FF select two candidates for election in West Limerick

The Fianna Fáil party has selected two candidates to contest the next General Election in the West Limerick constituency.

Tue, 12 Jul, 2005

Plea to save wild Irish salmon

FISHERIES Minister Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher was called on to save wild salmon in Irish rivers by buying out the licences held by offshore drift fishermen.

Tue, 18 Jan, 2005

Landfill on rural site ‘has ruined community’

TEARS were shed yesterday as members of a small community told how a landfill site has devastated their lives.

Fri, 05 Nov, 2004

UL broke deal on bridge, anglers claim

THE University of Limerick has backtracked on a deal it made after it announced plans to build a pedestrian bridge on the campus, an anglers group has claimed.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2004

Three companies to face prosecution after Derrybrien landslides

Three firms are facing joint prosecution after a landslide at Derrybrien in Co Galway last year.

Thu, 14 Oct, 2004

Shannon airport sewage plant ‘too little, too late’

THE granting of planning permission for a sewage treatment facility at Shannon Airport was too little, too late, a leading doctor has claimed.

Fri, 20 Feb, 2004

Wind energy group blamed for causing landslide

A WIND energy company was blamed yesterday for the landslide in Derrybrien, Co Galway, last October.

Fri, 06 Feb, 2004

Fisheries plan legal action on mudslides

THE Shannon Regional Fisheries Board (SRFB) could take legal action against whoever was responsible for the Derrybrien peat landslide in Co Galway, it emerged last night.

Sat, 15 Nov, 2003

Call to end work on 60m wind farm after landslide

THE south Galway community of Derrybrien has renewed its call for a complete halt of the construction of a 60 million wind farm in the Slieve Aughty mountains following yesterday’s landslide, the second this month.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2003