Lough supplies 40% of North’s drinking water but was covered in noxious algae blooms during summer
Crowds of “protectors” of Lough Neagh have taken to the streets of Belfast city centre to demand action to save the lake.
The campaigners are demanding the public acquisition of the lough, an independent Environmental Protection Agency, investment in a research and recovery plan, the end of commercial sand-dredging and sewage dumping, a reduction in agricultural run-off and recognition of the rights of nature.Greens in power: Will party’s difficult second album turn out to be a hit?It supplies 40 per cent of Northern Ireland’s drinking water and sustains a major eel-fishing industry.
Climate change is another factor cited, with the highest ever water temperature at Lough Neagh recorded in June.
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