A 2013 Stormont strategy to almost double the size of Northern Ireland’s agrifood industry was the tipping point for the lake
Of course, Stormont failed to deal with the inevitable increase in pollution. But the strategy was packed full of fashionable approaches to environmental management, promising to work with farmers and industry. The SDLP’s then environment minister, Mark H Durkan, was a lonely critic of this light-touch regulation but he was overruled. He also tried to stop sand-dredging in Lough Neagh, until he was defeated in the courts.
Another fateful decision was ruling out domestic water charges, while also refusing to fund NI Water adequately through higher taxes or cuts elsewhere. Lough Neagh has paid the price for the resulting underinvestment in sewage treatment. The SDLP dropped out of the executive last year due to seat losses, becoming Stormont’s official opposition. It is attempting an Assembly recall to debate Lough Neagh but the Executive parties are ignoring it – the form of opposition guaranteed by powersharing’s rules is too small.
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