Farmer fined for water pollution in Northern Ireland

A 34-year-old farmer has been convicted and fined by a court in Northern Ireland for water pollution offences.

Andrew Hogg of Coollane Road, Maguiresbridge appeared at Enniskillen Magistrates’ Court yesterday Wednesday, March 13 where he was fined a total of £500 plus £15 offenders levy.

Hogg pleaded guilty and was fined £250 under Article 7(1)(a) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 for the offence of making a polluting discharge to a waterway on June 16, 2023.

He also pleaded guilty and was fined £250 under Article 7(2) of the same order for making a discharge of trade or sewage effluent into a waterway between May 18, 2023 and July 4, 2023.