The Port of Cork has admitted it was involved in a serious incident last year, when dust from cargo being unloaded in Ringaskiddy clogged the air filters of a major pharmaceutical plant.

One of the women behind the phenomenal 10-year local campaign to stop a 100,000-tonne incinerator being built at Cork Harbour is hoping to win a seat in tomorrow’s county council elections.

THE Port of Cork company has been hit with a legal bill of almost €250,000 following the decision on its container terminal.

THE Port of Cork yesterday rubbished a rival port’s objection to its plans to build a €226 million container and cargo terminal at Ringaskiddy in Co Cork.

AN BORD Pleanála will open an oral hearing this morning about plans by the Port of Cork to build a €226 million container terminal in the lower harbour.