Call for public ownership of Lough – Irish Independent

The Assembly has agreed to consider whether the vast waterway of Lough Neagh should be brought into public ownership.

A Sinn Fein motion won cross-party support to explore the option of taking responsibility for the lough which is currently owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Ulster Unionist Party objected to the proposal, sparking accusations from the SDLP that it was “stuck in landed gentry mode”……….
The Irish Independent….17/04/12…read the full article..

http://www.independent.ie/call-for-public-ownership-of-lough