15/05/2015
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Farmer Fined £500 For Pollution Offence
A Co Armagh farmer has been fined £500 for a pollution offence.
He was also ordered to pay an offenders levy of £15 at Armagh Magistrates' Court today.
William Houston Dillon, of Crewmore Road, Poyntzpass, Co Armagh, was fined for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
On 6 February 2014, a Water Quality Inspector acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) inspected a waterway at Crewbeg Road, Poyntzpass and observed it to be grossly polluted with thick growths of sewage fungus covering the bed of the waterway.
The polluting discharge was traced to farm premises owned by Mr Dillon. The length of waterway impacted by the discharge was in excess of 900 metres.
Samples taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Education Minister Approves Two Development Proposals
Education Minister John O'Dowd has approved two development proposals in relation to controlled primary school provision in east Belfast.
The Minister has approved the closure of Avoniel Primary School on 31 August 2015 and the increase of the admissions and enrolment number of Elmgrove Primary School from 1 September 2015.
Elmgrove Primary School's admissions and enrolment numbers will increase from 85 and 592 to 100 and 724 respectively, with a subsequent reduction to an admissions and enrolment number of 87 and 609 respectively.
Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Learning Support Classes and a 52-place nursery unit will also be established at the school.
Road Improvement Scheme To Start In Garvagh
A £135,000 road improvement project in Garvagh is to start on Monday 18 May.
The scheme includes resurfacing between Hillside Road and Lisnacreghog Road and is expected to be substantially completed by Friday 12 June.
The majority of the work will be carried out using traffic control, however, a road closure will be necessary towards the end of the scheme from Monday 8 June to facilitate the final surface laying.
(CD/JP)
A Co Armagh farmer has been fined £500 for a pollution offence.
He was also ordered to pay an offenders levy of £15 at Armagh Magistrates' Court today.
William Houston Dillon, of Crewmore Road, Poyntzpass, Co Armagh, was fined for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.
On 6 February 2014, a Water Quality Inspector acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) inspected a waterway at Crewbeg Road, Poyntzpass and observed it to be grossly polluted with thick growths of sewage fungus covering the bed of the waterway.
The polluting discharge was traced to farm premises owned by Mr Dillon. The length of waterway impacted by the discharge was in excess of 900 metres.
Samples taken at the time of the incident confirmed that the discharge contained poisonous, noxious or polluting matter which was potentially harmful to fish life in the receiving waterway.
Education Minister Approves Two Development Proposals
Education Minister John O'Dowd has approved two development proposals in relation to controlled primary school provision in east Belfast.
The Minister has approved the closure of Avoniel Primary School on 31 August 2015 and the increase of the admissions and enrolment number of Elmgrove Primary School from 1 September 2015.
Elmgrove Primary School's admissions and enrolment numbers will increase from 85 and 592 to 100 and 724 respectively, with a subsequent reduction to an admissions and enrolment number of 87 and 609 respectively.
Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Learning Support Classes and a 52-place nursery unit will also be established at the school.
Road Improvement Scheme To Start In Garvagh
A £135,000 road improvement project in Garvagh is to start on Monday 18 May.
The scheme includes resurfacing between Hillside Road and Lisnacreghog Road and is expected to be substantially completed by Friday 12 June.
The majority of the work will be carried out using traffic control, however, a road closure will be necessary towards the end of the scheme from Monday 8 June to facilitate the final surface laying.
(CD/JP)
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