High alert as tide expected to disperse oil slick

THE tide is expected to disperse an oil slick on the west coast where authorities remained on the alert last night against coastal pollution.

Galway County Council said it was fully liaising with the coastguard to safeguard the environment.

It is believed that the potentially pollutant material originated from a wreck which sank off a causeway near Carna in Connemara about 30 years ago.