2003 Derrybrien landslide

The Moor outbreak of Derrybrien was a natural disaster, the near Derrybrien in County Galway destroyed a large area of ​​land in October 2003.

During the construction of a wind farm on a moor was triggered a bog outbreak during excavation of a foundation pit of a wind turbine on 16 October 2003. It broke away about 450,000 m³ Moor and flows in a southeasterly direction down a slope. The avalanche uprooted numerous trees of about 30 years old forest inventory and followed for about 2.5 km the course of a stream. They flew around an old farmhouse, but rolled several stone buildings in its course down and finally came to rest. In the following days the moor was liquefied by heavy rains came again and again in motion. From October 29 to 30, it spilled out into the river Abhainn Da Loilioch where it was swept up in the 22 km distant nature reserve Lough Cutra and threatened the local water extraction point of Gort town. The registered into the river water bog reduced the oxygen content of the water, which, according to estimates from the local fishing authority about 50000-100000 fish perished. After the landslide Moor outbreak of the wind farm construction had to be stopped. Because of this event, Ireland was sued in July 2008 by the European Court of Justice for the poor implementation of environmental regulations.

References

• Natural disaster ( 21st century)
• Moor
• County Galway
• Disaster in 2003