'I am ashamed to be from Northern Ireland because we were the laughing stock of the world last year'
Lough Neagh is now "rotten" with the same blue-green algae that devastated the lake last year with some politicians accused of holding a "talking shop" by campaigners.
But the plan Minister Andrew Muir put before the Executive to start dealing with the problem, sparked by farm and sewage pollution, was not approved before summer recess, with DAERA left limited in what it can do. "That's a very difficult thing for me to accept. We sat there last year and listened to all the different parties saying how bad it was and how we needed to do something about this immediately and yet we still don't have our full action plan out.
Lough Neagh Environment Biodiversity Co Derry
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