MULLAGHMORE
ENVIRONMENT EMERGENCY TEAM
( incorporating Cliffoney and Grange,)
Chairman; Trudy Lomax TEL /FAX 071 66124; e-mail
tlomax@eircom.netHon Sec ; Diana Browne
PRO Enda Cawley.
Treasurer : Geraldine Fowley.
Problems encountered at Mullaghmore, which have been discussed, include:
1. Occasional cattle wandering on to the beach from a commonage area.
2. Very occasional higher than EU recommended faecal coliform values (both animal and human forms) recorded at the beach.
3. Untreated village sewage passing into the sea from the cliffs near the village, at a popular shore entry site for divers diving at "Thumb Rock".
4. A population which expands dramatically in the summer tourist season, increasing the amount of sewage produced, increasing health hazzard risks for divers near the pipeline and with the potential to pollute local seashore and underwater wildlive; increased cars may also clog road acess.
5. Some jet skis and speed boats travelling too fast, too close to the harbour and known snorkelling or SCUBA diving areas.
6. Trees being cut down, and animal slurry being spread on the lands of Classiebawn castle.
(The above list was produced by Bill Crowe alone; not officially by the committe; but every effort was made by Bill, who attended and spoke at the public meeting on the subject, to be accurate and unbiased).
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Recent developments:
On Sunday 12 August 2001 Trudy Lomax was given a copy of a project on environmental conditions with regard to Mullaghmore's blue flag status, which had been submitted by Catherine O'Donovan (Katie) in May 2001, in part fulfilment of the NCEA requirements for the award of B.Sc (Hons.) in Environmental Science and Technology.The Student, who further re-analysed long term Sligo County Council data, was from the Institute of Technology, Sligo and was supervised by Dr. Bill Crowe, with help from both the ENVIRONMENT EMERGENCY TEAM and from Sligo County Council.
Reference to this thesis may be made by contacting, Trudy Lomax, Dr. Bill Crowe, or the Library at the Institute of Technology Sligo.
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