Lough Neagh algae: Activists hold ‘vomiting’ protest at Moy Park

The discovery was made as part of a wider BBC investigation into pollution at Lough Neagh.

The UK’s largest freshwater lough has been blighted by blooms of toxic blue-green algae.

Sunday’s protest, which involved campaigners ‘vomiting’ green sludge was meant to represent this blue-green algae.

Speaking after the protest, Dr Laura Kehoe, an environmental scientists and member of Slí Eile said that “industrial animal agriculture is not only the main cause of the catastrophe at Lough Neagh, but also the number one cause of greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and biodiversity collapse across Ireland”.

“We simply cannot continue with the extreme harm caused by corporations maximising their profit margins at the literal cost of the Earth,” she added.