Stormont’s plan to fix the toxic algal blooms in Lough Neagh are not radical enough to avoid an environmental catastrophe and the total collapse of our drinking water system, according to an expert in the bacteria causing the problems.

Stormont parties are agreed that there is no easy or quick solution – but an expert in the effect of slurry on the environment says the only solution is a radical and immediate cut in the amount of fertilisers ending up in the waterways and feeding the algae.