A local Donegal County Councillor has urged the local authority to find a long term solution for the spreading of digestate in Inishowen that took place over the summer to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
The foul stench left hundreds of homes in the Grianan Estate in Burt affected by the smell, with schoolchildren being reportedly left sick and a family unable to bury a loved one in the area as a result.
Finn Valley company, Glenmore Estates, who attended the meeting, denied spreading chicken excrement, insisting it was what they described as digestate.
Cllr Jack Murray said full commitment was needed to stop the spreading of the substance permanently in the future.
He said: “There is a danger that this substance could be spread again in the future and that simply cannot be the case.
“The company believe that pelleting would be a better option because that could potentially stop the smell, but I would ask the council to investigate the environmental effects that could have.
“I would still question whether the substance would still be able to seep into the ground.
“The spreading hasn’t taken place over the last couple of month but we need a commitment that it will not take place again in the long term.
“It is not acceptable or fair on the residents and businesses in the area.”
