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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Rebecca Black

Lough Neagh algae blight is significant crisis for all Ireland, says McDonald

Lough Neagh is a “very significant crisis” for the whole island of Ireland, Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has said.

The lough, which is the UK and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake by surface area, was this year blighted by noxious blooms of blue-green algae for the third summer in a row.

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