As partners for the past 11 years of the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment, we were relieved at the decision of Indaver to abandon its legal challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s planning refusal for their incinerators at Ringaskiddy.

THE ESRI has found itself on a collision course with the Department of the Environment after the think-tank described the department’s waste management review as “flawed,” adding that it failed to create jobs, enhance competitiveness and meet EU Landfill Directive targets.