Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is notifying anglers of the closure of the Galway Fishery due to high water temperatures

No other species appear to be impacted by the reported fish kill.

An investigation is being conducted by IFI, the State agency responsible for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish and habitats, into the incident in which at least 5,000 fish have died

Uisce Éireann pleaded guilty to two water pollution charges downstream of a water treatment plant near the town of Ennistymon

Uisce Éireann has accepted liability for a fish kill, resulting from a chemical spill at a water treatment plant, at an East Mayo river over two years ago.