Donegal County Council has been urged to monitor a deluge of ‘agricultural litter’ that is blighting the coastline near Lough Foyle.
A local councillor for Inishowen raised concerns over the pollution to the Environmental Department of the authority last week.
Cllr Terry Crossan, who highlighted the build-up of plastic bags and rubber bands on the coastline between Muff and Greencastle, said a number of residents had expressed their concerns over the ongoing issue.
The Sinn Fein councillor said: “As a result, there has been a lot of pollution in the area including plastic bags, which are no-way biodegradable, and rubber bands.
“There is also an encroachment on wildlife habitats and I have a lot of my constituents, who are very environmentally minded, making representation to me over the increasing amount of waste and pollution along the coastline.
“And I would like to ask the council to oversee an environmental impact towards this pollution on our coastline along the Lough Foyle.”
Mathew Byrne, Waste Protection Officer for Donegal County Council, said: “It is a problem and I will talk to relevant parties and see if we can engage with these fish farms.
“There is a difficulty linking the litter back to the fish farms, so it isn’t as straight forward as people may think.”
