The chances of identifying and securing a prosecution against those responsible for a pollution incident which killed over 30,000 fish in the River Blackwater over a month ago have gone, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) have said.

IFI deputy CEO Barry Fox told an Oireachtas Committee hearing on Climate, Environment and Energy that an interagency investigation had been unable to establish the source or cause of the incident.

When questioned on Tuesday by Kerry Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly, Mr Fox said IFI was undertaking a number o

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