Environmentalists held a ‘wake’ on Sunday (17 September) after toxic algae bloomed in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh.<br /><br />The loch, which is the largest freshwater lake in the UK and Ireland, is critical to the country, as it supplies half of Belfast’s drinking water and 40% of Northern Irelands overall.<br /><br />Over the summer, noxious blooms of algae covered large parts of the lough, thought to be largely linked to excess nutrients in the water.<br /><br />Protesters, who were mostly wearing black, accompanied a coffin along the shore and placed a wreath with the name of the loch on top.
