Hundreds of fish killed by farm slurry in Tralee

An investigation is under way in Tralee, Co Kerry, after hundreds of brown trout and other fish were killed by farm slurry in a river which runs through the town’s main shopping park.

A long stretch of the waterway was impacted and dead fish were found throughout the system, Inland Fisheries Ireland said.

The kill is one of several in recent weeks in the south-western river basin district, a district which covers much of Munster, Inland Fisheries Ireland said, and it is warning farmers and others to ensure effluent is properly stored.