There have been 50,000 fish killed in Northern Ireland because of water pollution since 2020.

There have been more than 50,000 fish killed in Northern Ireland because of water pollution incidents during the past five years.

The kills were caused by 65 separate pollution incidents in rivers and waterways.

Most of the fish kills took place in counties Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh and in almost half of the incidents, authorities took no further action.