This is one slogan beginning with ‘probably’ that Carslberg wouldn’t want to associate with.
Sinn Féin politician Cathal Ó hOisín has claimed that the village of Dungiven in county Derry is ““probably the most polluted village in Europe”.
According to the Irish Times, Ó hOisín made the claim at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Derry, pointing out that nitrous oxide levels were at 10 times the recommended level in the village, which is located on the Derry to Belfast road.
“It pains me to say that my village is probably the most polluted village in Europe,” Ó hOisín said.
“Recent figures showed nitrous dioxide was at 10 times the recommended level so literally we are being poisoned by the traffic that comes through our village every day.”
Ó hOisín also took the opportunity to have a cut at the quality of the rail network in Northern Ireland, pointing out the “ridiculous situation last year where a man on a bicycle went from Derry to Belfast quicker than the train did”.
Belfast and Derry are 70 miles apart so either the man in question was cycling faster than Lance Armstrong with a bit of chemical support or Ó hOisín has a point.
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