Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Sean Long:

No. That was not his immediate action. His immediate action was to go to Mallow to try to get some grasp on the extent of the fish mortalities. He met stakeholders there and he got information from them. He liaised with his contact and the first person he met on scene was a contact from the environmental section of Cork County Council. The person from Cork County Council started to carry out his inspections of various areas. From the officer's point of view, he tried to understand what was happening and took documentary evidence, which was then forwarded on to the Marine Institute to make-----

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