Surfers and swimmers paddle out in Portrush to demand action on pollution

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Surfers and swimmers paddle out in Portrush to demand action on pollution
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They reiterated calls for an independent environment agency for Northern Ireland

"We are sick of sewage" was the message from surfers and swimmers from across Northern Ireland as they took to the sea in Portrush on Saturday morning.

Belfast Live headed along to Portrush on Saturday to hear from those who took to the waves in a national day of action across the UK, led by Surfers Against Sewage. "There is not enough being done within our infrastructure, it's being put to the side and not being brought into progress. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that doesn't have its own environmental protection agency.

"Not one tangible action has been taken since last year despite the massive calls from the public begging our government to do something about it.

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