Here is a timeline of events regarding the Indaver incinerator from 2001 to 2018.

With Cork City not in action until tomorrow when they play host to Limerick, Dundalk will travel to Waterford this evening looking to convert their superior goal difference into a clear points advantage at the top of the Premier Division table.

Dundalk 1 - Waterford Utd 0: A 94th minute own goal from Garry Comerford sent Dundalk soaring above Waterford into second place in the table after a dramatic finish at Oriel Park last night.

Waterford FC 4 - Cobh Ramblers 0: Waterford FC have moved nine points clear at the summit of the SSE Airtricity League First Division with a comprehensive 4-0 win over second placed Cobh Ramblers in their battle at the RSC on Friday night last.

Dundalk found their shooting boots in the second half to see off Waterford at Oriel Park yesterday and progress to the EA Sports Cup semi-finals.

Why some of the data included as part of Indaver Ireland’s application to build an incinerator in Ringaskiddy appears identical to a 2008 application by another company for an entirely different facility in Co Meath remained a mystery yesterday on the final day of an oral hearing into the proposed project.

An evacuation route put forward by Indaver Ireland to facilitate movement of personnel off Haulbowline Island in the event of an emergency involves use of a road that is gated, with the gates locked during certain periods.

Fortnightly analysis of emissions from a proposed incinerator does not constitute “continuous monitoring”, leaving locals potentially exposed to unsafe dioxin levels, an expert in industrial process instrumentation has warned.

An incinerator in Cork Harbour would be similar to the notorious nuclear power-plant in The Simpsons, an oral hearing into the proposed application by Indaver Ireland in Ringaskiddy heard yesterday.

“I think I’m going to cry, inspector” — this was just one of the interjections that lightened the weighty proceedings on day seven of An Bord Pleanála’s oral hearing into an application by Indaver Ireland to build an incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

The proposed incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, could drive sports out of the harbour, according to local clubs.

Cork could become the waste processing capital of the world if a proposed incinerator for the harbour area was to become a reality, according to academics from University College Cork.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin teamed up yesterday against the proposed location of an incinerator in Cork Harbour, claiming such a plan would cause irreparable damage to the area.

The chief inspector overseeing the oral hearing into a proposed incinerator for Cork Harbour will provide an update on Monday over whether the meetings can continue amid claims the initial application is invalid.

The community group opposed to the building of an incinerator in Cork Harbour has claimed the application is invalid, due to a string of issues, including errors over the company name of the applicant, Indaver Ireland.

The company proposing to build a waste-to-energy plant in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, has dismissed claims that incinerators account for 70% of all dioxins or that an explosion which recently rocked one of its Belgian sites could happen here.

There were angry exchanges and at least three calls for an adjournment at the opening day of An Bord Pleanála’s oral hearing into proposals by waste management company Indaver Ireland to build a €160m incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

Earlier this year, Limerick man Derek Daly moved to Cork to start a new job.

One of Ireland’s best-known motoring writers, Brian Foley, passed away recently.

A busy holiday park in Co Waterford has been informed that it requires planning permission for the caravans it keeps on its large camping site.

Former Irish National and Tarmac Group N champion, Kerry’s Alan Ring, admits that it’s taking him time to adjust the power and pace of the Mel Evans S12B Subaru WRC. 

Residents from the well-heeled Merrion Rd, and others in Dublin 4, have failed in their attempts to block the world’s biggest democracy establishing a new embassy on the road.

In contrast to last year when Declan Boyle clinched the Dunlop National Rally Championship at the Clonmel-based Sepam Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally, the Donegal driver will journey to South Tipperary this weekend to keep his current title bid alive.

Ireland U16 1 Germany U16 0

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FIANNA FÁIL is facing problems in its leader’s home turf of Munster after councillors and grassroots members have strongly criticised Micheál Martin’s handling of the presidential election.

A MAN has been found not guilty of murder but guilty of the manslaughter of a mother-of-three who was beaten to death in her Cork home last year.

PROMOTERS of a bio-energy plant which would be located close to champion trainer Aidan O’Brien’s south Tipperary base will have to wait until late July for a planning decision.

Wicklow 4-09 London 0-06

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RACEHORSE trainer Aidan O’Brien has rejected claims from the promoters of a proposed animal byproducts plant that his horses weren’t affected by emissions from a former rendering plant in the vicinity.

THE development of a animal byproducts and bio-energy plant in south Tipperary is “in the national interest”, promoters of the proposed facility said yesterday.

Dublin 2-12 Wicklow 0-9

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is set to make a decision on the future of the United States Grand Prix by July 12, Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials announced on Saturday.

A NEW hotel has been earmarked for one of the country’s fastest-growing satellite towns, while an €80 million housing project is on the cards for one of Cork’s most secluded villages.

Cork driver Matt Griffin will participate in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race, one of the most famous events in world motorsport.