West Cork Distillers face three charges of discharging effluent into Ilen River

The case was adjourned until April 12

Assistant Inspector with Inland Fisheries Ireland, John Twomey, pictured with fish samples at the scene of a recent fish kill along the River Ilen in Skibbereen in West Cork.

The prosecution of a distillers over an alleged incident in which effluent was discharged into the Ilen River in West Cork will return before the District Court next month.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (South Western River Basin District) is prosecuting West Cork Distillers of Marsh Road in Skibbereen over the alleged incident in July last year.