Fish kill probe as 1,000 brown trout wiped out in River Blackwater

The impacted area is an 8km stretch of the river between Mallow and Roskeen Bridge in Lombardstown Co Cork

Inland Fisheries Ireland is investigating a suspected fungal infection outbreak that may have killed up to 1,000 brown trout in the River Blackwater, Co Cork.

Inland Fisheries Ireland is investigating a suspected fungal infection outbreak that may have killed up to 1,000 brown trout in the River Blackwater in Cork.

The organisation is currently assessing the impacted area, which spans an 8km stretch of the river between Mallow and Roskeen Bridge in Lombardstown. Inspections of the Allow and Minor Awbeg rivers have not detected the presence of infected or dead trout.