Galway Bay fm newsroom - A Glenamaddy man has been convicted for a breach in the Water Pollution Act which resulted in a fish kill.
Michael Conneally of Boyounagh appeared before Tuam District Court where he pleaded guilty to permitting silage effluent to enter the Yellow River, a tributary of the Clare River, on the 15th of June 2016.
David Harrington, Senior Fisheries Environmental Officer at Inland Fisheries Ireland gave evidence of tracing the source of the fish kill back to a pipe originating from a silage pit on Mr Conneally’s land.
The pollution incident resulted in damage to fish stock in the Yellow River, which is an important spawning tributary for salmon and trout with the absence of aquatic life noted for a considerable distance downstream.
Judge Mary Devins convicted Mr. Conneally and fined him €750 with three months to pay.
