Committee warned fish kill from recent Cork incident could run into the ‘hundreds of thousands’

AN OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE has been warned that the fish kill from a recent incident in the River Blackwater in Co Cork could “run into the hundreds of thousands”. The incident happened on a 30km section of the River Blackwater between Lombardstown and Killavullen in North Cork. Early testing is seen as important in establishing the likely causes of the fish kill. The recent fish kill in the River Blackwater was discussed at an Oireachtas Committee yesterday. IFI said the fish kill prompted one of the “most extensive investigations in Inland Fisheries Ireland’s history”.