The same place also had been caught dumping too much wastewater in June. They were also added to a list of EPA priority sites in 2024 due to ongoing compliance issues.
They obviously give zero shits about what their license says, or their impact on the environment.
Someone should be doing jail time here. This isn’t a mistake, this is willful disregard of the law with very real consequences.
TheStoicNihilist on
We shouldn’t be discharging ammonia at all. The only safe level is 0.
Due-Communication724 on
Genuine question here, why are companies like this allowed just discharge into a river considering we well know the biohazard consequences if it goes wrong. Is it not better to have them store it and removed like any other hazardous material, or at least store the treated waste, and someone outside tests it to allow its release, it just seems a bit nuts if a system fails it can cause chaos on the environment as the only indication its failed its a massive fish kill.
ruthemook on
They need to be absolutely hammered for this. Farmers will be up in arms but they need to be made an example of. This is utterly unacceptable.
Active_Site_6754 on
So we were right……it was never the farmers!!!
Narwhal_2112 on
The culprit should be made to restore the habitat, and made to pay to restock the river for X many years.
Absolutely shocking stuff.
Acceptable-Book-1417 on
Shut the fucking thing down
jonnieggg on
Fine the shite out of them and take criminal action against those reasonable. Ha , as if.
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The culprit has been found, now fine them a proper penalty.
It’s great that only the fish need the water. And the ecosystem. What a pile of pricks.
52 times the limit. Cancel their discharge license. Make them shut the place down
The fishery owners on the Blackwater need to take action!
These unscrupulous firms just discharge extra waste for the sheer halibut..
they should know their plaice by now..
But.. but.. it’s a creamery… don’t the farmers love the environment?
2 posts I found about this: [https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/epa-investigating-discharge-by-north-cork-creameries-to-the-river-allow](https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/epa-investigating-discharge-by-north-cork-creameries-to-the-river-allow)
[https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/08/20/cork-creamery-effluent-discharge-being-investigated-amid-major-fish-kill/](https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/08/20/cork-creamery-effluent-discharge-being-investigated-amid-major-fish-kill/)
The same place also had been caught dumping too much wastewater in June. They were also added to a list of EPA priority sites in 2024 due to ongoing compliance issues.
They obviously give zero shits about what their license says, or their impact on the environment.
Someone should be doing jail time here. This isn’t a mistake, this is willful disregard of the law with very real consequences.
We shouldn’t be discharging ammonia at all. The only safe level is 0.
Genuine question here, why are companies like this allowed just discharge into a river considering we well know the biohazard consequences if it goes wrong. Is it not better to have them store it and removed like any other hazardous material, or at least store the treated waste, and someone outside tests it to allow its release, it just seems a bit nuts if a system fails it can cause chaos on the environment as the only indication its failed its a massive fish kill.
They need to be absolutely hammered for this. Farmers will be up in arms but they need to be made an example of. This is utterly unacceptable.
So we were right……it was never the farmers!!!
The culprit should be made to restore the habitat, and made to pay to restock the river for X many years.
Absolutely shocking stuff.
Shut the fucking thing down
Fine the shite out of them and take criminal action against those reasonable. Ha , as if.
Check the date:
https://preview.redd.it/re87fga790mf1.png?width=2134&format=png&auto=webp&s=08814092d4cca50870fca965bebc8dda683e6002
# [https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/epa-identifies-compliance-issues-at-kanturk-co-cork-creamery](https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/epa-identifies-compliance-issues-at-kanturk-co-cork-creamery)
Can’t tell if its the same plant but it is the same company. The linked article shows a history of EPA related issues at this site.