Weir stops salmon going upstream to spawn

A MULTI-MILLION euro flood relief programme has put thousands of spawning salmon in danger.

Fishermen fear an ecological disaster after thousands of salmon found their migratory path blocked by a new weir and fish-pass on the River Nore.

Engineers from the Department of the Marine and members of the Southern Fisheries Board visited the weir in Kilkenny city last night. Southern Fisheries Board chief executive Brian Sheeran said the new system is not working and needs to be addressed.