Fermoy Weir Controversy
Since 2006, members of Fermoy Rowing Club and members of several of the local Angling clubs have been involved in an ongoing campaign against the Irish Government's controversial plan to radically alter the town's historic weir.
In December 2009 the then Minister of State for Natural Resources, Conor Lenihan TD, gave the owners of Fermoy Weir, Fermoy Town Council, a year to repair the damaged fish pass at the heart of the structure.
As of February 2012 this work has yet to begin.
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