THE COUNCIL’S Environment Enforcement Team have been dispatched to deal with and investigate the cause of an oil-like slick spotted in the Groody River.
A spokesman for the Council told the Limerick Post that it has taken action after a number of reports of an oily, rainbow-coloured substance in the water last week.
“The Council have installed a boom upstream of the Dublin Road to try and contain and capture the pollution and with a view to minimising the impact,” a spokesman said.
“This will be monitored over the coming days. Investigations into the source of the pollution are ongoing. The temporary measures are in place to limit the impact until the location/source of the pollution and a permanent solution are identified.”
One of the members of the public who contacted the Council also contacted the Limerick Post.
Elaine Henderson from the was walking her dog at the weekend on her usual route which takes in the river walk at the back of the university.
“I was crossing the bridge and looked into the water and saw this stuff in the river. It’s clearly some kind of oil-based pollution,” she said.
“I looked around and there were the swans ducking their heads into the water to eat and a heron landing on the water.
“Whatever this stuff is, it could kill the entire river. I rang the Council and told them exactly where it was. I hope whoever is responsible for this is prosecuted,” she told the Limerick Post.
