Sewage sludge stench ‘made children sick’

CHILDREN got physically sick from the horrible smell from sewage sludge that had been spread on farmland, it was claimed yesterday.

Serious concern was expressed about the stench from the sludge that comes from the Killarney waste water treatment plant.

The plant produces about 350 tonnes of dry sludge each year. The sludge is transported by vacuum tanker to 10 different farms around Killarney for use as fertiliser.