Fisheries board threatens to sue council over sludge

A FISHERIES board has threatened to sue a local council unless it stops contaminated sludge seeping from one of its own sewage treatment plants into a river.

Emissions from the Purcellsinch plant on the edge of Kilkenny City have become such a problem that the Southern Regional Fisheries Board has threatened the council with legal proceedings.

The majority of the blame for the problems at the Purcellsinch facility is not the local authority but Smithwick’s Brewery owned by international drinks giant Diageo plc, the fisheries board claims.