An Bord Pleanála has refused to defer an oral hearing into proposals to build a €160m incinerator in Cork’s lower harbour.

A people’s alliance that has fought a long-running battle to stop a €160m incinerator being built in Cork Harbour has launched an online site to make it easier and cheaper for people to lodge their objections to the company’s latest bid for planning permission.

Indaver, which was previously refused planning permission for an incinerator in Cork Harbour, is to lodge another application next week for a €160m incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

An online petition has been launched against plans to build a giant incinerator in Cork harbour by a group who has being fighting against such a proposal for the past 14 years.

The wife of former Tánaiste Peter Barry was described at her funeral Mass yesterday as “a lady in the best sense of the word” who had a caring heart that reached out to all.

The promoters of a marina officially opened by Marine Minister Simon Coveney are being pursued by a local authority for failure to pay planning contributions.

The group opposed to the building of incinerators in Cork Harbour has agreed to be represented at Indaver’s High Court challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s refusal to allow the incinerators to go ahead.

THE HSE has requested that a baseline health study be completed around Cork Harbour before An Bord Pleanála consider sanctioning a toxic incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer today announced plans to shut down three of its Irish facilities and reduce operations at a fourth, with the loss of 785 jobs.

ANGRY Cork Harbour residents have accused An Bord Pleanála of being “pro-developer rather than independent” after it gave Indaver’s hazardous waste incinerator a provisional green light, despite the application lacked detail on flooding and coastal erosion prevention.

CORK HARBOUR has been given a clean bill of health following a unique exercise involving the national research vessel.

A LONGBOAT washed ashore in west Cork more than 200 years ago is being brought back to life by a project to help young rowers preparing for international competition.

The Cork Harbour authorities have said that they have not been contacted by Irish Ferries regarding the docking of the MV Normandy.

OBJECTORS to the proposed €93 million toxic waste incinerator in Cork yesterday hit out at two local ministers for their failure to support the latest bid to stop it going ahead.

An Bord Pleanála has cleared the way for the construction of a controversial toxic waste incinerator near Cork Harbour.