Thousands of fish and eels have been wiped out on a pivotal Munster fishery following a suspected chemical spill from a state-owned water treatment plant.
Investigations into the kill are underway with several state bodies involved. - according to the Irish Examiner.
It is feared that at least 5,000 fish, including salmon, were killed along a 4km stretch of the Allow, in north Cork, an important tributary of the River Blackwater.
The pollution incident occurred in the Freemount catchment, in a Special Area of Conservation, where millions in EU funding has been spent to try to restore water quality.
Inland Fisheries Ireland officials and Uisce Éireann are among the bodies involved in the probe.
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