One of Ireland’s largest dairy co-operatives pleaded guilty at Letterkenny District Court to leaking waste liquid into the River Finn after a phone alarm system failed to operate due to an unpaid phone bill. Aurivo Co-0perative Society Ltd, with an address at Ballina Road, Tubbercurry, Sligo had four charges brought by the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission relating to a spillage of a mix of sludge and water from their Killygordon plant into a tributary of the River Finn, known as the “Creamery Burn” in October 9.
Donegal Democrat, 05/12/13. Read the full article ‘Leaked factory waste into River Finn‘.
