Blackwater disaster: EPA finds no link between discharges and fish kill

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it has not identified a causal link between discharges from businesses and a major fish kill in Co Cork last month.

On August 11, up to 40,000 fish died in the River Blackwater and the River Clyda in the Mallow area. The fish, which included trout and salmon parr, dace, salmon, and freshwater eels, were found along an 18km stretch of the river between Lombardstown and Killavullen.

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