Clean-up under way after Lough Derg oil spill

A CLEAN-UP operation is continuing on Lough Derg this week following a recent spill of domestic heating oil into the lake.

A specialised company has been carrying out clean-up operations after a significant spillage was observed in Youghal Bay on the Tipperary side of the lake.

The spillage is believed to have originated in a small local stream flowing into the lake at Carhue.