Mick Clifford: Water polluters face no penalty while watchdog remains in disarray

One fallout from the controversies surrounding Inland Fisheries Ireland has been that 55 prosecutions due to be taken have had to be abandoned

The inability to prosecute polluters is deadly serious. File picture

It pays to pollute when the watchdog is in disarray. 

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the body which oversees the protection of lakes and rivers, has been mired in all sorts of controversies in recent times.