Irish Water has been fined €500 and ordered to pay €5,300 in costs after being convicted of causing pollution to a river in Co Monaghan. The company was prosecuted by Inland Fisheries Ireland for allowing aluminium sulphate, described as a highly toxic substance, into the stream near the village of Threemilehouse, a few miles from Monaghan Town, causing discolouration of the water and the death of fish stock…
Irish Examiner, 17/01/15. Read the full article ‘Irish Water fined €500 for pollution‘.
