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Councillor Eugene McCormack has welcomed the commitment by council management to implement the report in relation to the control of weed growth on Lough Lannagh and Billberry Lough. The commitment came following a motion tabled by Cllr McCormack at last Thursday’s Castlebar Town Council meeting requesting that the report be implemented.

African Pond Weed has “taken hold in the Corrib” with “serious implications” for wildlife, fishing, and boating in the lough, and funds are needed to tackle the problem.

In less than three years some of the once great fishing bays of Lough Corrib have been rendered impassible by an invasive plant species, according to a Central Fisheries Board scientist who is calling for immediate action to control its “ferocious” spread before it gets into the River Shannon and costs the state millions by severely disrupting water-based tourism.