Co Tyrone farmer fined £2,000 for polluting waterway

A farmer has been given a £2,000 fine for polluting a waterway.
By The Newsroom
Published 24th Feb 2016, 17:35 BST
Updated 24th Feb 2016, 18:35 BST

Co Tyrone man Trevor Irwin from Ballymaguire Road in Coagh, pleaded guilty at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to polluting the waterway, part of the Ballinderry River system, when farm tanks overflowed.

On July 8, 2014, inspectors acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency inspected the Aghaveagh Stream at Drumard Road and “observed the waterway to be grey/brown in colour and smelling strongly of an agricultural nature”.

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The effluent affected about 600 metres (roughly 2,000ft) of the waterway.

Mr Irwin was also ordered to pay a £15 offenders levy.

Anyone wishing to report a pollution incident can call the 24 hour Water Pollution Hotline on 0800 80 70 60.