Galway Bay fm newsroom - Irish Water has been fined for environmental issues in relation to Athenry waterwater treatment plant.
The utility pleaded guilty to three charges at Dublin District Court in relation to the Athenry plant.
Irish Water failed to complete required upgrades in Athenry by the end of 2015 and therefore released water with excessive pollutants into the Clarinbridge river and failed to report an incident.
According to the Irish Examiner, Judge John Brennan imposed fines of 3 and half thousand euro.
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The court noted that Irish Water intends to carry out a 5 million euro upgrade at the wastewater treatment plant in Athenry.
