Cabinet approves €110m capital fund to help fish migration

Heritage Minister Darragh O'Brien. The new capital programme within Inland Fisheries Ireland will focus on removing or altering thousands of different structures in rivers which can interfere with natural river processes including fish movements and migration. Picture: PA

The Government has set aside €110m to help fish make their way down our rivers.

Housing, Local Government and Heritage Minister Darragh O’Brien has got Cabinet approval for a new programme to mitigate the impact of river barriers on biodiversity, principally due to disruption to the migration of fish.