Uisce Éireann pleads guilty to two water pollution charges

Charges relate to ‘fish kill’ that occurred downstream of an Uisce Éireann water treatment plant in north Clare last May

A spokesman for Uisce Éireann said it 'is committed to safeguarding public health and protecting the environment'. 

Uisce Éireann has pleaded guilty to two water pollution charges in connection with a ‘fish kill’ that occurred downstream of an Uisce Éireann water treatment plant in north Clare last May.

In the case before Ennis District Court, solicitor for prosecuting authority in the case, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), Kevin Sherry said that Uisce Éireann is pleading guilty to permitting deleterious matter to go into a waterway at Calluragh East, Ennistymon contrary to Section 171 of the Fisheries Act.