Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited

The EPA successfully prosecuted Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited for breaches of its Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licence, Reg. No. 404, at Mitchelstown District Court, on the 19 th March 2004

In pleading guilty to two of the three charges, the court fined the company  €1,250 whilst awarding costs totalling €6,684 to the EPA.

The prosecution was taken after officers of the Southern Regional Fisheries Board, conducting a site visit on 6 th May 2003, alerted the EPA about their findings and earlier reports of water discolouration in the River Funshion. The EPA carried out a follow up visit on 26th May 2003.

The company was charged with breaches of emission limit values for emissions to sewer and non-notification of a serious malfunction with its wastewater treatment plant.