Lough Neagh

[SaffronSports]

Just a reminder that all 4 main parties voted against a tightening of rules around penalties last week in Stormont. Only Alliance and PBP voted for environmental enforcement rules to once again be brought back in line with EU counterparts.

The 4 parties opposed it twice at committee level and now publicly in the chamber. Only 35 farmers would have been affected by the change in 2023, ie a tiny subset who repeatedly broke the rules.

Please don't tell me how farmers are ruining the countryside when your elected representatives can't even make the most basic attempt to implement change. Bear all this in mind this summer when Lough Neagh turns to glue again and SF/DUP bullshit merchants tell us all how they've "set up a committee" and are "finding a way forward".

Stormont is  not fit for purpose.  End of story

When we take over, it's going to a rude awakening for a lot of people!
Our efficiency drive will put a bit of order on the place.
There's even been talk of building a Lough Neagh Riviera resort.

You sending the prods to Egypt?

[LC]

Just a reminder that all 4 main parties voted against a tightening of rules around penalties last week in Stormont. Only Alliance and PBP voted for environmental enforcement rules to once again be brought back in line with EU counterparts.

The 4 parties opposed it twice at committee level and now publicly in the chamber. Only 35 farmers would have been affected by the change in 2023, ie a tiny subset who repeatedly broke the rules.

Please don't tell me how farmers are ruining the countryside when your elected representatives can't even make the most basic attempt to implement change. Bear all this in mind this summer when Lough Neagh turns to glue again and SF/DUP bullshit merchants tell us all how they've "set up a committee" and are "finding a way forward".

Stormont is  not fit for purpose.  End of story

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Sometimes politics is about making the hard calls regardless how it impacts people.

Not all of the time but a lot of the time when it comes to hard calls here our politicians can not / will not do it.

Something needs done with Lough Neagh, do you think the Scottish Government would do nothing if it was Loch Ness.

[trueblue1234]

Is it the politicians or the political system at fault the most?

[armaghniac]

Is it the politicians or the political system at fault the most?

or the voters perhaps? People within smell of Lough Neagh will continue to vote SF or the DUP although they are doing nothing about it.

[Last Man]

Is it the politicians or the political system at fault the most?

or the voters perhaps? People within smell of Lough Neagh will continue to vote SF or the DUP although they are doing nothing about it.

Doesn't matter who you vote for imo what actually gets one is above their pay grade and they just go along with it.

[armaghniac]

Is it the politicians or the political system at fault the most?

or the voters perhaps? People within smell of Lough Neagh will continue to vote SF or the DUP although they are doing nothing about it.

Doesn't matter who you vote for imo what actually gets one is above their pay grade and they just go along with it.

Not true, if the parties believed that they would lose votes then they would take an interest in this. No way would a big lake in the 26 turning blue-green not become an issue.

[Sportacus]

Is it the politicians or the political system at fault the most?

or the voters perhaps? People within smell of Lough Neagh will continue to vote SF or the DUP although they are doing nothing about it.

Doesn't matter who you vote for imo what actually gets one is above their pay grade and they just go along with it.

Not true, if the parties believed that they would lose votes then they would take an interest in this. No way would a big lake in the 26 turning blue-green not become an issue.

They'd rather debate some random motion all day, rather than actually make a decision on anything. Bunch of spoofers.

[AustinPowers]

Lough Neagh as bad  as ever again this summer it seems

Is anything at  all being done?

Will it ever be done?

The state of the  Lough  kind of sums up  the  failed sectarian statelet  and  the totally inept shower of spoofers  in charge

What an absolute  cesspit. The Lough is  pretty bad too.

[JimStynes]

Lough Neagh as bad  as ever again this summer it seems

Is anything at  all being done?

Will it ever be done?

The state of the  Lough  kind of sums up  the  failed sectarian statelet  and  the totally inept shower of spoofers  in charge

What an absolute  cesspit. The Lough is  pretty bad too.

What can be done at this stage? How do you even go about fixing the likes of this situation. It will surely take generations to sort. I live beside the lough and always remember summers spent with young owns swimming in the lough where I live (even then I didn't think it was the cleanest place). Very sad to see it in its current state!

[DaleCooper]

Farms , businesses should be seized if responsibility can be proven..which would be a fair task. Goes to show you need good [and strong] government. Theres no excuse for it whatsoever.

[Wildweasel74]

Remember walking the small rivers running into the Ballinderry river for yrs when I was younger. Back when even them rivers were full of fish. Even dredged it a few times. They never had that issue then. Was walking along the river at Clady the other nite had long stretchs covered in algae. Anywhere where the water still the algae blooming! Monvagher canal, Portna locks etc all have a built up of Algae.

[Hereiam]

I have buckets here with just stagnant rain water in them and they have blue green algae growing in them. My guess is with the warming climate this is a consequence and will be seen in most fresh water lakes