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Stormont committee told river peat slide was 'catastrophic'


Stormont committee told river peat slide was catastrophic
The bog slide sent thousands of tonnes of peat into the Derg and Mourne Beg rivers
Seamus McKinney
21 January, 2021 17:55
A huge landslide into rivers in Donegal and Tyrone which started on the site of a new windfarm has been described as “catastrophic” by the Loughs’ Agency.
Thousands of tonnes of peat bog, trees and vegetation were swept into the Mourne Beg and Derg Rivers during the peat slide on November 13 last year. Damage was also caused to the Corgary trout farm.
It subsequently emerged that the peat slide originated on land which is being developed as a wind farm at Meenbog near Stranorlar in County Donegal in conjunction with global retail firm, Amazon. The incident attracted huge interest as footage of trees and vegetation floating down hill was widely shared on social media. ....

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