Dairygold Co-op has told Cork County Council the discharge from its new factory will not undermine water quality in Cork Harbour as similar wastewater is already being dumped there.

An expert report on Cork harbour has contradicted claims made by Dairygold that waste from a planned cheese plant will be “safely carried out to sea on outgoing tides”.

NATIVE Irish oysters (Ostrea edulis) are at their very best when there is an R in the month.