Update on River Glyde

Louth County Council was notified by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) on the evening of Tuesday, 2 June that discolouration had been observed in the River Glyde and that dead fish had been identified at various locations along the river.

IFI commenced an inspection of the catchment from Castlebellingham to Aclint. The source of the pollution was identified as agricultural discharge from a location in County Monaghan, close to the Louth border.

The source of the pollution has been stopped, and Louth County Council continues to liaise with IFI and monitor the incident.

The Council has been monitoring oxygen levels in the River Glyde in Co. Louth and is satisfied that the incident is clearing, with levels returning to normal. It has also liaised with Uisce Éireann, which has confirmed that there are no issues affecting water for public abstraction. The Tallanstown water treatment plant was decommissioned over a year ago and there are no other public abstraction points in the area.

The River Glyde discharges into Dundalk Bay at Annagassan; to date, no impacts on coastal waters or bathing water sites have been reported. Louth County Council continues to carry out weekly monitoring in line with its obligations under the Bathing Water Regulations.

For more information see IFI’s latest statement at FisheriesIreland.ie.