Rain credited with raising water quality

THE heavy rainfall of recent years hasn’t been all bad news – it has helped flush out pollutants from one of the country’s most beautiful lakes.

An improvement in water quality in polluted Lough Lein, centrepiece of Killarney’s multi-million euro tourism industry, was welcomed yesterday.

Results of chemical monitoring of the lake show water quality to be currently at its best for the last 16 years, according to Kerry County Council.