Pat Kenny
speaker
10,429 appearances
248 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 6d ago
Pat Kenny’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So maintaining its quality is a serious matter and to date our record has been somewhat patchy.
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In a few minutes I'll be joined by Irish Times climate and science correspondent Caroline O'Doherty.
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But first, I want to speak to the general manager of a Dungarvan-based oyster farm whose business is facing ruin following three disastrous seasons in the last seven years, in which 70% of her entire crop of oysters was killed for reasons unknown.
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Cliona Vic-Gillicudda, good morning and welcome.
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Good morning, Pat.
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Thanks for having me on.
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Can you tell us when this trouble started?
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Whether it happens again.
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What sort of inquiries have been made and by what bodies to try to get to the bottom of this?
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involved in testing the water for all kinds of stuff and so are the marine institutions this is our main hope of trying to establish what the problem might be and is there any any evidence of the cause of death of these oysters i mean when they're examined in by the scientists in the lab can they tell whether it was a toxin or whether it was something else or a virus a disease of some kind
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So the question is, what happens at that particular time of the year?
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If it's the same week when this has happened over the three years when it did happen, is there any indication of any spillages, leakages that happen always in that particular week?
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Now, listening to this conversation is Caroline O'Doherty.
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Caroline, the question of what might have happened here, have you been speculating on that?
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You have to know what you're looking for.
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That's the issue with certain toxins and pollutants.
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You have to know what you're looking for.
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And the other thing is when you've got watercourses, by the time the damage is done and the fish, or in this case the oysters, are damaged, the pollutants may well be out to sea.
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Now, different agencies have charge of different things.
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I mean, Ishgaran would be in charge of water treatment and so on.
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