CHAMPION trainer Aidan O’Brien has warned that the development of an animal waste plant close to his base in south Tipperary would mean the “end of Ballydoyle” as a world-class training facility.

An Bord Pleanála's oral hearing into a proposed waste treatment plant in Co Tipperary is due to get underway today.

AN ORAL hearing into a proposed animal rendering plant in Tipperary which would be located close to a world-famous, horse-training establishment will get under way next Tuesday.

CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in Ballydoyle stables last night and across the wider Golden Vale as campaigners celebrated the decision by South Tipperary County Council to refuse planning permission for a controversial animal waste plant.

South Tipperary County Council has rejected plans for a controversial biogas and biodiesel production facility near the world-renowned Ballydoyle and Coolmore equine establishments.

FEELINGS are running high ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for planning submissions on an animal waste rendering plant.