pollution

Documents and data shared with BBC News from inside England's much criticised environment watchdog show an agency struggling to monitor incidents of serious pollution.

But incidents of pollution happen right across Northern Ireland's waterways, not just those which eventually lead to the lough.

Even on the issue of environmental pollution, which Kennedy claims to care about, the onus is on parents, not on government regulators.

"The only thing it's set to boost is air pollution, noise, and climate emissions," he added.

Decades of overfishing, pollution from shipping and warming oceans from climate change have damaged life below the surface.