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Disaster on the Tolka

bernard0368 · 2014-07-22 14:07:14

The Journal is reporting a big fish kill on the Tolka. I passed there a few weeks ago and was surprised at the work the local clubs and council had done cleaning it up.

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22-07-2014 3:07pm

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bernard0368

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The Journal is reporting a big fish kill on the Tolka.
I passed there a few weeks ago and was surprised at the work the local clubs and council had done cleaning it up.

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#2 22-07-2014 4:57pm
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Video report here on it: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/video?vid=1.1874647.

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#3 22-07-2014 6:47pm
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the river could take years to recover from that

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#4 22-07-2014 7:29pm
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happend last year never fished it, they have to stock fish in now after that....

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#5 22-07-2014 7:34pm
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Restocking is only half the issue. The plant and insect life could take years to get back from this.

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