Northern Ireland ‘dirty corner of Europe’ due to lack of governance, say experts

Campaigners say keeping higher EU standards post-Brexit will have little impact as existing rules are already being flouted

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Northern Ireland's environment is unlikely to benefit from higher EU standards because the country already flouts the existing rules, leaving it in a grossly degraded" state, experts have said.

The region may escape a post-Brexit erosion of UK environmental law but still suffer grave environmental damage because of governance failures, they warned.