Last summer high levels of phosphates in Lough Neagh resulted in beaches from Magilligan to Castlerock being red-flagged as ‘blue-green algal blooms’ flowed down the Bann to the sea.
As things stand, next Thursday will see tens of thousands of public sector workers gathering at picket lines in a historic day of action brought about by political failure.
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