Cork and Dublin towns among those with raw sewage entering water

Towns and villages all over Ireland are still flushing their toilets directly into rivers or onto the coastline because of a lack of wastewater treatment facilities.

Cork and Dublin towns among those with raw sewage entering water

Towns and villages all over Ireland are still flushing their toilets directly into rivers or onto the coastline because of a lack of wastewater treatment facilities.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says 38 towns and villages, home to 88,000 people, are discharging raw sewage into local waterways or the sea.

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