Owner of Cork hydro-electric plant has one charge dismissed against him over salmon protection

Dan Twomey still faces a second charge for which a fine of up to €4,500 could be imposed if the work was not done to the satisfaction of Inland Fisheries by July 16

Senior IFI environmental officer Michael McPartland explained that if salmon are trapped in hydro facility on the River Lee 'they have no reverse gear to get out so the lifecycle will not be completed'. File picture

Progress has been made in works to prevent salmon becoming trapped in the waters around a hydro-electric plant on the River Lee and on Wednesday the owner was given the benefit of a dismissal of one charge under the Probation Act.

Judge Joanne Carroll made this decision on one of the charges brought by Inland Fisheries Ireland against Dan Twomey who has a hydro facility on the River Lee, south of the old Cork waterworks and directly across the river from the Kingsley Hotel.