Hopes Donegal sewage treatment plant issues resolved
A Donegal Councillor says it’s hoped problems with the sewage treatment plant in Mountcharles will soon be solved following the announcement that it is to be linked to the system in Donegal Town. The Mountcharles plant is to be upgraded under the Small Towns and Villages Growth Programme. The aim…
Ten households not connected to new Lough Talt water treatment plant
There are calls for ten households around Lough Talt in south Sligo to be supplied from the new €10m water treatment plant that has just started operation in the area. The households are not connected to the current system and are on opposite — and higher side — of the…
Scanlon: Snails should not take preference over public health
A Sligo Leitrim TD says it’s time to put people before protected snails. It’s understood the presence of such a special snail was one of the reasons why the initial plans for an interim water treatment at Lough Talt in county Sligo were turned down by An Bord Pleanala. Lough…