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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ella McSweeney

Northern Ireland turning Republic into a ‘toilet’ for excess manure pollution

Steaming pig manure is loaded on to a trailer
Steaming pig manure is loaded on to a trailer. Northern Ireland sends hundreds of thousands of tonnes south to the Republic. Photograph: geogphotos/Alamy

Ireland has become a “toilet” for cross-border pollution, say campaigners, as officials investigate allegations around the movement of animal manure from Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland has the highest stocking density of livestock in the UK, with 25 million poultry birds, and intensive pig numbers at a 10-year high. But the disposal of animal waste and increasing levels of pollution may now halt the expansion of its multi-billion pound export-driven industry.

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