Fears that water pollution ruling will restrict Killarney planning permission

A EUROPEAN Court of Justice ruling on water pollution in Ireland could make it even more difficult to get planning permission for one-off houses in the Killarney area, it has been claimed.

Lough Lein, the centre- piece of Killarney’s tourist attractions, was highlighted to the court last week as an example of Ireland’s failure to comply with EU waste water directives.

A case study before the court showed that 12% of polluting phosphorus entering the picture-postcard lake came from domestic septic tanks.