water lily action

As everyone knows the top pond of the Waterworks is being choked with water lily so it was good news to finally hear that Belfast City Council (BCC) are finally going to get the finger out and spray the plants with some sort of eco-friendly but not fish-friendly herbicide.

It's going to take several years to complete as the work will be carried out in stages because "there is a risk of small scale loss of fish" the council said.

This week BCC's elected representatives held their monthly meeting and during that emotionally charged meeting where incinerators and a civic reception for soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan was debated, DUP councillor Ian Crozier demanded that the council foot the bill for any dead fish and replace them instead of the Fishing Waterworks club.