Experts remain concerned over algal bloom threat to scenic Kerry lough

PICTURESQUE Lough Lein, in Killarney, is still at risk from an algal bloom, in certain weather conditions.

Kerry County Council’s senior executive chemist, David Lenihan, yesterday said enough phosphates were getting into the lake to cause a bloom, even though tests in June had shown phosphates levels to be low.

The last time a major bloom occurred in the lake was in 1997.