Kilkeel: Generations of fish 'wiped out' after pollution incident

An angling club has said a fish kill in a County Down river is the "worst environmental event" it has ever witnessed.

The Department of Environment (Daera) said 5km of the Kilkeel River in the Mournes area was impacted and they are investigating the incident which took place last week.

A spokesperson said trout, eels and lamprey were all confirmed dead.

Kilkeel Angling Club said the scale of the destruction was "devastating".

Daera said "no active discharge was found" but "a definite line of enquiry is being followed regarding the source of the pollution".

They added the number of fish killed remains to be confirmed.

Reporting from BBC News contributed to this story.