An Bord Pleanála shortages ‘not to blame for Indaver ruling delay’

An aviation expert, hired to address Department of Defence (DoD) concerns about the impact on aviation safety of a proposed incinerator in Co Cork, claims the objections are “not consistent” with the department’s policy of “minimal development of the aviation infrastructure, including safety” at a nearby naval base.

A shopkeeper claims a fund which took over her mortgage is using "extraordinarily aggressive tactics" to force her to refinance or else sell the shop through a receiver, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

The safety of helicopter operations at Haulbowline Naval Base will not be curtailed, constrained or affected by the nearby construction of an incinerator, according to the company proposing to build it.

A five-year-old girl, who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after she was bitten on the face by a dog in a pet shop, has been awarded €20,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

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An Bord Pleanála has a duty to the Irish people that it is not living up to with regards to Indaver’s plans for Cork Harbour, writes Linda Fitzpatrick

A decision on the fate of a controversial incinerator proposed for the lower Cork Harbour area has been postponed for the third time.

Cork’s position as a growing centre for tourism could be undermined if the proposed incinerator for the harbour gets the go-ahead, it was claimed yesterday.

A people’s alliance that has fought a long-running battle to stop a €160m incinerator being built in Cork Harbour has launched an online site to make it easier and cheaper for people to lodge their objections to the company’s latest bid for planning permission.

An online petition has been launched against plans to build a giant incinerator in Cork harbour by a group who has being fighting against such a proposal for the past 14 years.

Despite having to deal with splatter attacks by crows, a facility in Co Cork is at the centre of Irish satellite technology, writes Claire Droney.

The planning appeals board and an environmental lobby group are to pursue waste management firm, Indaver Ireland, for costs today after it withdrew an application for a judicial review of a refusal by An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for its twin incinerator project in Cork.

It is hoped up to 4,000 jobs will be secured after An Bord Pleanála last night granted permission to four healthcare companies to build €30m wind turbines in Cork Harbour.

IT was at the kitchen tables of family homes in Monkstown, Cobh and Ringaskiddy that the 10-year campaign to stop two incinerators being built in Cork Harbour was spearheaded.

CORK skies may have been grey but the streets were a sea of green as an estimated 60,000 people of all nationalities hit the streets to celebrate all things Irish.

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.

AN oral hearing is to be held by An Bord Pleanála next month into the controversial €54m incinerators planned for Cork Harbour.

THE Department of the Environment has lodged a submission to An Bord Pleanála outlining potential risks to human, plant and animal life from the proposed development of two e150 million incinerators at Cork Harbour.

RESIDENTS living near the Haulbowline toxic dump have taken water samples for analysis amid rising health fears.

THE recent report by the EPA which showed a doubling of dioxin levels in the Ringaskiddy samples is hardly good news.

THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted oral hearings to objectors to the country’s first toxic waste incinerator in County Cork and the first proposed municipal waste incinerator in County Meath.

Politicians and residents today pledged a fierce four-week fight against plans for controversial toxic waste burners in their areas.

Politicians and residents opposed to the construction of incinerators in their localities are due to mount a demonstration outside the Dáil today in protest at the Government's waste management policies.

AN attempt by residents of a Co Cork town to mount a legal challenge aimed at preventing the construction of Ireland’s first hazardous waste incinerator will be made in the High Court today.

DOWN near Gobby Strand in Ringaskiddy yesterday, people nervously laughed when they heard Indaver general manager John Ahern say on radio that incinerators don’t harm your health.

An Bord Pleanála has cleared the way for the construction of a controversial toxic waste incinerator near Cork Harbour.

PROTESTERS last night said they were prepared to take a European court case against proposals to build Ireland’s first toxic waste incinerator.

Surely the people in Monkstown, Cobh, Ringaskiddy and Carrigaline are as important as the livestock in the Golden Vale.