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Farmer convicted of causing slurry pollution into the Eskragh Water

The Department of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs said Fintona farmer Henry McCarney had caused 'extensive' pollution to a tributary of the Eskragh Water from a farm effluent spill

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Samples of the affected water had represented the sample contained 'poisonous, noxious or polluting matter' which would have been 'potentially harmful' to aquatic life in a receiving waterway. (Generic)
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Samples of the affected water had represented the sample contained 'poisonous, noxious or polluting matter' which would have been 'potentially harmful' to aquatic life in a receiving waterway. (Generic)

A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted of an environmental offence following a slurry spill which caused 'extensive' pollution into the Eskragh Water. The Department of Agriculture, Environment,...

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