Bandon flood protection scheme firm convicted in relation to fish kill

A Judge said Wills Bros was not indemnified against prosecution. She convicted it and deferred penalty until September 30 next, asking the Probation Service to explore a potential restorative justice solution

It is alleged that as many as 200 fish from the Bandon River were killed when a pool rapidly lost water. Picture: David Creedon/Anzenberger

The main company working on the Bandon flood protection scheme has been convicted in relation to a fish kill in the Bandon River shortly after the works commenced in May 2017, with a similar charge dismissed against two other firms.

Wills Bros Ltd of Foxford in Co Mayo had been prosecuted by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) over an incident on May 10, 2017, in which it was alleged that as many as 200 fish were killed when a pool — formed by the construction of a haul road in the river — rapidly lost water.