Inadequate water treatment: Solution will cost money

THE Cliffs of Moher and the Burren are internationally recognised as two the world’s natural wonders.

The Cliffs of Moher are Ireland’s most popular natural tourist attraction; the cliffs and the Burren are iconic landscapes and a centrepiece of the hugely successful Wild Atlantic Way project. Most countries would cherish them and ensure that their integrity is not jeopardised by human activity.

It is therefore tragic but all too indicative of our pathetic efforts to protect the environment that waste water from a town’s septic tank has been released into Liscannor Bay close to the cliffs and the Burren.