Investigation after discharge and fish kill reports close to Cork oil refinery

Environmental Protection Agency confirmed it was notified on Sunday about a 'white-coloured discharge with solvent-type odour' from a discharge pipe reportedly associated with the Irving Oil refinery
Investigation after discharge and fish kill reports close to Cork oil refinery

'The EPA noted dead fish trapped in a tidal pool and rock pools about 400m north of the discharge points from Irving Oil.'

An investigation has been launched into reports of a discharge and fish kill in Cork’s lower harbour close to Ireland’s only oil refinery.

However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said a direct link with a discharge from Irving Oil, which has a number of discharge pipes in the Whitegate area, had yet to be established.

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