Council support for motion calling for action on Killeeshil 'foul smell' issue

A motion, calling on Mid-Ulster District Council to write to the Chief Executive of the NI Environment Agency (NIEA), to ask him to meet residents affected by a “foul smell” allegedly linked to a compost factory, has received unanimous support.

Last year, the company Northway Mushrooms went into administration, and the operators of the site are now Sawgrass Substrates Ltd (SSL), their site being on the Aghnagar Road, in the townland of Killeeshil.

The motion, tabled by Independent councillor, Kevin McElvogue (Clogher Valley DEA), was worded as follows: “This Council notes the ongoing distress caused by the foul smell in the Killeeshil area.

“This Council resolves to write to David Reid, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, asking him to meet with the residents to bring about a speedy resolution to the crisis.”

Speaking at the recent Council meeting of the local authority, Councillor McElvogue stated: “For more than six years, families in the Killeeshil community have been affected almost daily by the strong sickening odour coming from Sawgrass factory on the Aghnagar Road.

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