Fisheries body wants sewage point moved from Killarney lake

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is seeking to have a sewage outfall point in Killarney, Co Kerry, relocated downriver of one of the town’s famous lakes.

The IFI said it is concerned about discharges from the town’s sewage treatment plant flowing into Lough Lein.

It claimed the plant and storm water drainage system for Killarney continues to be a “major contributor” to nutrients in the lake which for decades have been causing pollution in Lough Lein.