Environmentalists are calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to launch an investigation into the destruction of wetlands in Tallaght, Dublin.
The area at Seán Walsh Park was home to thousands of creatures including frogs, bats and the critically endangered European eel.
However the area was flattened over the weekend and as yet it's unclear who was behind it.
Heartbroken to find tallaghts wetlands completely destroyed today. This was a vibrant multilayered ecosystem, home to protected Newts, Frogs, Bats & critically endangered European eels. @sdublincoco assured us this area & inhabitants would be protected. Environmental vandalism. https://t.co/3r90hQE6oq pic.twitter.com/pQUzlmXv7S
— The HSI (@HerpSocIreland) September 21, 2019
Fianna Fáil's Councillor for the area Theresa Costello has described the incident as an environmental assault.
Cllr. Costello says, "we need to find out who authorized it, we need to find out what happened, why it happened, there's a lot of questions. Because it happened so quickly, there's a lot of questions to be answered. This is something amazing that has essentially been destroyed, it's environmental assault, it's unbelieved."
