Water users urged to take precautions after outbreak of Crayfish Plague

Water users are being urged to take precautions after confirmation of an outbreak of Crayfish Plague on a stretch of the River Suir downstream of Clonmel to Carrick-on-Suir.

It comes after large numbers of dead freshwater crayfish were reported on the river earlier this month.

DNA analysis has now confirmed that the cause of death was crayfish plague.