Ireland Crime

Named as

Convicted, accused

Offences

Pollution (breach of section 171, Fisheries Consolidation Act 1959), Water pollution (permitting deleterious matter to enter a waterway), Environmental offence (breach of Waste Water Discharge Licence conditions)

Where

Co. Cork, Co. Clare, Co. Tipperary

Reporting

3 reports, 10 Feb 2023 to 16 Dec 2024

Outlets

corkbeo.ie, clareecho.ie, tipperarylive.ie

• Uisce Éireann convicted of river pollution in Co Cork Pollution (breach of section 171 · Co. Cork

  On 9 June 2024, a pipe carrying polyaluminium chloride ruptured at the Freemount Water Treatment Plant near Kanturk, Co Cork, spilling about three cubic metres of chemical into the River Allow and killing tens of thousands of fish over an 8km stretch. Inland Fisheries Ireland prosecuted Uisce Éireann for the pollution under section 171 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959. The water utility pleaded guilty at Mallow District Court in December 2024 and was convicted and fined €3,500, with a further €3,267 in legal costs.

  Sentenced, 16 Dec 2024Convicted · 1 report
• Uisce Éireann pleads guilty over north Clare fish kill Water pollution (permitting deleterious matter to enter a waterway) · Co. Clare

  Up to 2,000 fish, including eels, salmon, trout, rudd and flounder, died in a fish kill on the Ballymacraven River outside Ennistymon in North Clare in May 2023, spreading 2.6km where the river meets the Inagh River. The suspect is Uisce Éireann, and Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Environment Protection Agency began investigations after a rusty red colour was reported on the river in early May 2023. On 17 January 2024, Uisce Éireann pleaded guilty at Ennis District Court to two water pollution charges for offences dated 2 and 18 May 2023. The case was adjourned for the facts to be heard, and other counts may be withdrawn.

  In court, 17 Jan 2024Accused · 1 report
• Irish Water fined over waste water licence breaches in Tipperary Environmental offence (breach of Waste Water Discharge Licence conditions) · Co. Tipperary

  Uisce Éireann was charged by the Environmental Protection Agency with three breaches of its Waste Water Discharge Licence at Mullinahone Wastewater Treatment Plant in Tipperary. The breaches involved failing to upgrade the plant to meet emission limit values by 1 January 2020, exceeding ammonia limits on 21 January 2020, and exceeding orthophosphate limits on 8 September 2021. Irish Water pleaded guilty at a hearing on 9 February 2023. Judge Halpin at Dublin Metropolitan District Court fined Uisce Éireann €1,000, taking the other two charges into consideration, with costs awarded to the EPA.

  Sentenced, 10 Feb 2023Convicted · 1 report

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 16 Dec2024
   Sentencedcorkbeo.ie, in Uisce Éireann convicted of river pollution in Co Cork

   Uisce Éireann convicted for chem spill that killed thousands of Cork river fish

   convicted, Uisce Éireann, named, irish (judged from name)Uisce ÉireannIE
2. 17 Jan2024
   In courtclareecho.ie, in Uisce Éireann pleads guilty over north Clare fish kill

   Uisce Éireann pleads guilty to two water pollution charges in connection with north Clare ‘fish kill' - Clare Echo

   accused, Uisce Éireann, named, irish (judged from name)Uisce ÉireannIE
3. 10 Feb2023
   Sentencedtipperarylive.ie, in Irish Water fined over waste water licence breaches in Tipperary

   BREAKING: Court fines Irish Water for failure to upgrade a Tipperary treatment plant

   convicted, Uisce Éireann, named, irish (judged from name)Uisce ÉireannIE

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