Annacotty weir and the failure to restore fish passage on the Mulkear

Limerick City and County Council has refused Inland Fisheries Ireland’s (IFI) application to remove Annacotty weir, following a planning process that attracted numerous objections. Salmon, lampreys and eels continue to face a major barrier to upstream migration near the mouth of a river protected as part of the Lower River Shannon Special Area of Conservation […]