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.

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.

The solicitor representing more than 100 victims of the 2009 Cork flood fears some of his elderly clients may not live to see the end of the ESB’s appeal of a landmark court ruling.

The High Court ruling regarding the 2009 flood is timely in terms of potential redress claims and anyone who has sustained loss or damage as a result of the incident should take legal advice immediately, writes Joe Noonan

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The ESB could face hundreds of compensation claims from residents after a court ruled it was liable for damage caused to buildings in University College Cork following record floods that engulfed Cork City five years ago.

A plan for six wind turbines in Co Cork has to be considered as part of an overall assessment of how they will be connected to the national power grid, the High Court has found.

The university suing the ESB for €18m in damages following the devastating floods of 2009 has won a key legal argument securing access to crucial documents which the power company had refused to disclose.

Two peace activists protesting at the use of Shannon Airport by the US military endangered the lives of passengers on board two aircraft last year, a court heard yesterday.

Residents in Cork Harbour are facing another massive battle with Indaver after it confirmed plans last night to lodge a third planning application for a €140m incinerator in the area.

THE 10-year battle over Ireland’s first toxic waste incinerator raises questions about the decision-making processes, a leading environmental law expert has said.

THE European Court of Justice has ruled that Ireland is in breach of an EU directive setting out how potentially dangerous developments are assessed for likely environmental effects before planning permission is granted.

THE minister with responsibility for flood protection has vowed to protect the taxpayer from any attempts to blame or sue publicbodies for flood damage.

THE solicitor advising victims of last year’s devastating Cork flood has called for the establishment of a national dam authority to hold the ESB accountable.

THE ESB has said a repeat of the massive flood which hit Cork last November could occur again within the next 50 years.

RESIDENTS worst hit by last November’s devastating flood in Cork city last night demanded a public inquiry into the disaster.

A REPORT into the devastating flooding that affected thousands of homes last winter has said the state’s response to the crisis lacked leadership, coordination and communication.

A SOLICITOR advising several victims of the devastating flood which struck Cork city last November has criticised the Oireachtas report for failing to hold anyone accountable.

VICTIMS of the November floods have described a cross-party investigation’s inability to come to any firm conclusions on what caused the crisis as “a typical political response” to the major problem.

CLAIMS have been made that drivers will not use a proposed new motorway service station because it was too close to Cork city.

A LONG-awaited Oireachtas report into the November floods crisis has called on the Government to consider removing the ESB from managing the country’s dams — but has failed to draw any conclusions on what caused the scandal.

VICTIMS of the late 2009 floods’ crisis are set to use an independent report they have commissioned as a “precursor” to a multi-million euro law suit against the state.

HUNDREDS of flood victims from last November’s crisis are being refused new cover when their policies are up for renewal.

DOZENS of city centre residents devastated by Cork’s November floods are living in uninsured potential fire-hazards after being “pressurised” to return to their homes.

DOZENS of city centre residents devastated by Cork’s November floods are living in uninsured potential fire-hazards after being “pressurised” to return to their homes.

A SOLICITOR investigating the flooding of homes in Cork city has refused to rule out a legalaction against the ESB on behalf of those affected.

HAS Minister Micheál Martin not read the Lisbon Treaty? Contrary to his assertions, my article (September 29) was accurate and based on a careful study of the treaty.

INDAVER will today claim its plans for a toxic waste incinerator in east Cork will not only resolve Ireland’s mounting waste mountain but will also deal with the expensive problem of contaminated soils and sludges at the former Irish Steel facility in the region.

A RURAL community which nestles on the flatlands by the southern shore of the Shannon Estuary yesterday gathered to mark the life of one of their own who conquered the highest reaches on earth.

THE Minister for the Environment will meet residents of Cork harbour tonight to discuss the Haulbowline toxic dump scandal.

THE Port of Cork company has been hit with a legal bill of almost €250,000 following the decision on its container terminal.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has been criticised for agreeing reluctantly to a “fleeting” appearance before an oral hearing into plans for a €226 million container terminal in Cork Harbour.

THE Port of Cork yesterday rubbished a rival port’s objection to its plans to build a €226 million container and cargo terminal at Ringaskiddy in Co Cork.

I WISH to rebut the accusation of inaccuracy levelled at me by Alan Murphy-Reeve whose argument is with the EU presidency, not with me (Letters, February 26).

HARBOUR residents are facing huge legal bills in a David versus Goliath planning battle with the port of Cork.

JOE NOONAN (Letters, February 18) referred to “the leak in Slovenia” which shows Ireland’s neutrality is undermined by Article 28A.7 of the Lisbon treaty. He is incorrect. The first sentence of the article does refer explicitly to the obligation of mutual defence, but it must not be read in isolation to that which immediately follows: “This shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain member states.”

DOES it take a leak in Slovenia to allow us to hope for an honest debate in Ireland?

THE EPA informs the media that it has refused a waste licence application from Roadstone in Wicklow. It says this confirms the Agency’s proposed decision which came out last July. That decision was to refuse the application.

A 30ML glass of milk will contain the extra dioxins Cork people will take in if Ireland's first toxic incinerator gets the go-ahead, it emerged yesterday.

ONE of the two Co Limerick men electrocuted last Sunday was due to get married shortly, it emerged at his funeral yesterday.

A solicitor representing local residents challenging the construction of a toxic waste incinerator in Cork Harbour has criticised the latest delay in the High Court case.

THE opening day of a Bord Pleanála hearing in Dungarvan yesterday into Waterford County Council’s proposal to develop a landfill outside the town, was told that in an ideal world waste would be buried five miles underground.