Longford County Council received a fine of €100 for a pollution event that resulted in a fish kill on the River Camlin.
The local authority will also have to pay expenses of €4,907 incurred by the Environment Protection Agency to bring the prosecution.
The local authority were before the District Court responding to a case by the EPA in respect of an unauthorised discharge into the River Camlin on September 20 last.
The Council faced four charges stemming from the release of sewage into the water course that resulted in six kilometres of the river being polluted….
Longford Leader 24/04/2014 Read the article ‘County Council fined €100 for discharge into River Camlin‘
