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”.

The imminent demolition of houses in a ghost estate in Lismire is a major breakthrough for Cork County Council and two other estates are in line for a big revamp.

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.

Residents of Cork’s lower harbour have “no faith” in Indaver to ensure a proposed incinerator would be safe in the event of an explosion or fire.

The boss of Indaver Ireland has reiterated that the site selected for a proposed incinerator in Cork Harbour has always been the best one — and its suitability has only increased.

“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.

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.

It seems no TD is prepared to come out in support of Indaver or to come down to Ringaskiddy to face the people. 

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.

On the eve of an oral hearing into plans for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, the man driving the project for the past 16 years has admitted to “feeling sorry” for the residents of the area.

It is 15 years since the residents of Ringaskiddy heard about plans for an incinerator in their backyard. They tell Catherine Shanahan their opposition to the project has not dimmed.

Sixteen years later and €12m poorer, Indaver is no less committed to building an incinerator in Ringaskiddy. On the eve of yet another oral hearing and with a third planning application under scrutiny, Indaver Ireland chief John Ahern tells Catherine Shanahan that he’s upbeat about their chances of success.

Waste management company Indaver is in talks with Cork County Council to bury, in a mothballed landfill site, up to 40,000 tonnes of ash yearly from a proposed €160m controversial incinerator project in Ringaskiddy.

A Franciscan monk broke into dance in honour of St Patrick’s Day which was filmed and put on YouTube.

Indaver, which was previously refused planning permission for an incinerator in Cork Harbour, is to lodge another application next week for a €160m incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

A well-known Tipperary publican and farmer who had a passion for vintage machinery died on Wednesday evening while starting a vintage lorry, one of his four devastated children said.

Tributes have been made made to a well-known Tipperary publican and farmer who was killed in a workplace accident last night.

A Victorian horse trap in superb condition is among the offerings at the sale by O’Donovan and Associates in Newcastlewest, Co Limerick on Saturday February 14.

A waste management firm has been told to cover the costs incurred by a group opposed to its incineration plans after the High Court ruled its behaviour during a legal action amounted to abuse of process.

Happy the bride the sun shines on, an old saying goes, and so it was yesterday for a radiant Hilary Stephenson who married Kerry footballer Kieran ‘Star’ Donaghy between the wintry showers in Waterville.

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.

Walkers have been advised to stay away from unsafe ledges and areas where land slippage has occurred on Mt Brandon in Co Kerry.

The group opposed to the building of incinerators in Cork Harbour has agreed to be represented at Indaver’s High Court challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s refusal to allow the incinerators to go ahead.

Waste management firm Indaver has proposed to take over the stalled project to build a controversial incinerator at Poolbeg in Dublin, with no further cost to the taxpayer.

AN archdiocese that failed to inform Cloyne Diocese that a priest returning to Ireland on “health” grounds was the subject of two prior sex abuse claims has secretly paid out AUS$80,000 (€61,399) to his alleged victims.

THE wife of a Cloyne child abuse survivor whose attacker was involved in two previous abuse claim cover-ups has said her husband is “disgusted” information was withheld which could have saved him.

AN Irish priest at the centre of two hidden abuse claims in Australia was allowed to retire to Ireland where he attacked and sexually abused at least one young boy in the priest’s private home.

NORTH Cork Co-op enjoyed a healthy increase in profit for 2010, with gains in production, sales and profitability on a turnover of €39.21 million.

“WE’RE going to end up paying for air the way the Greens are going,” was the doorstep response of one voter to a request from Cork North West Green Party candidate Mark Collins to consider him in the upcoming election.

SOME people in Kerry have suddenly become camera-shy as it has emerged that CCTV monitoring of selected areas in Kerry is proving to be a deterrent to illegal dumpers.

THE European Commission has been asked to prevent Bord Pleanála allowing a company more time to make its case for the development of two major incinerators in Cork harbour.

IT was a wonderful weekend for the Kerry clubs in the opening round of the Martin O’Sullivan Cup.

INCREASED bin charges, more taxation or increased state borrowing will have to be considered next year if we have to fork out up to €500,000 a day in EU fines for over reliance on landfills, the managing director of Indaver Ireland said.

THE Department of the Environment is set to raise several new concerns about the impact of two controversial incinerators on legally protected wildlife zones in Cork Harbour.

IN your report headlined ‘Department warns An Bord Pleanála of risks from harbour incinerators’ (February 25), you quote the developer Indaver as saying “the incinerators are ‘must-have’ for this country if we want to avoid hefty EU levies for sending too much waste to landfill.”

INDAVER is planning to significantly increase the amount of household waste it proposes to incinerate in the environs of Cork harbour, it has been revealed.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for the country’s first toxic waste incinerator have pleaded with the Government not to pursue them for substantial legal costs following what they called a “devastating” court ruling.

Work will begin next month on a controversial new waste-to-energy incinerator designed to generate power for 20,000 homes.

TURNOVER at the Kanturk-based North Cork Co-op rose by 22% to €26.3 million last year, generating an increase in profit before taxation from € 69,000 in 2006 to €359,000.

THE history of North Cork Co-op Creameries is one of vision, determination and improvement, allied to the commitment of groups and individuals with a strong sense of self-help.

The final go-ahead was today given for the country’s second waste incinerator.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has denied trying to influence decisions on controversial incinerator projects by announcing plans to make incineration less profitable for waste companies.

CORK HARLEQUINS begin their fourth European adventure in Prague today when they represent Ireland in this year’s European Club Championships.