Some things you would think they're automatic. There's massive constraints in getting all the various bits of the puzzle put together from planning, from environ mental issues. 'The good news is that three of these areas - Liscannor, Clarecastle and Kilrush - will be resolved this year and the remaining two will be resolved by 2025,' he added.įianna Fáil councillor Cillian Murphy said the sewage discharges on the coast there had been 'an issue for donkeys', remarking: 'We have 50 settlements - towns, villages - in Clare that don't have wastewater treatment, it may be 52.'Ĭampaigners were initially told a treatment plant in Kilkee would be ready by 2019 but the date has been pushed out to 2025.Ĭllr Murphy added: 'It's an intermina ble process. He said the EPA has been highlighting these areas and Irish Water has been focusing its investment on these. An astonishing 1,800 tonnes of raw sewage are being pumped into Atlantic Ocean every day in one of Ireland's best known surfing destinations. 'Roughly 1,800 tonnes of raw going out per day,' he told RTÉ's Morning Ireland. Mr Byrne said the problem was a legacy of underinvestment in waste water treatment and five areas in the country are currently discharging raw sewage into the sea.
The agency has highlighted waste water treatment problems at Lahinch and Ennistymon to Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) for several years. And we have demanded Uisce Éireann put the right solution in place.'
EPA senior inspector Noel Byrne said: 'We are aware from our work on the monitoring and site inspections, there are issues.
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