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NI surfers call for end to sewage pollution

A protest has taken place at West Strand Beach in Portrush, County Antrim, calling for more “accountability, transparency and action” over sewage and wastewater being spilled into Northern Ireland’s waterways.

It was organised by Surfers Against Sewage as part of a UK-wide day of action.

The campaign group wants to see an end to sewage discharge into all bathing waters and high priority nature sites by 2030.

Aine McAuley is a member of Surfers Against Sewage and was at Saturday’s protest.

She said Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that does not have an indpeendent environmental protection agency.

“But also, out of all the waterways, rivers, water courses in Northern Ireland, none of them meet a good European standard, a good water quality standard,” she added.


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