Extra covert cameras are to be erected at fly-tipping blackspots throughout Co Cork in a county council bid to eliminate illegal dumping.

Local authorities have warned of a surge in fly-tipping and illegal dumping following the introduction of controversial pay-by-weight bin charges next month.

Council may give lease to firm operating proposed incinerator

Work is due to start shortly on clearing gantry cranes and other scrap metal from a toxic dump in Cork harbour, as a prelude to making the site safe and transforming it into a public park with playing pitches.

Cork county councillors have urged their officials and the Deparment of the Environment to either postpone or scrap pay-by-weight charges for recyclable material which are to be introduced on July 1, because it will lead to “mayhem” and “illegal dumping”.

Householders will still be able to dispose of their recycling waste free of charge at local authority sites when the new pay- by-weight charges come into effect on July 1 because councils do not have the technology to weigh it.

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.

More than half the calls made to the country’s tip-off line for environmental complaints involved fly-tipping.

Indiscriminate litter offenders in Co Cork may be named and shamed after a senior local authority official agreed with elected members that drastic measures are needed to crack down on roadside dumping.

It a dog’s life for strays in Co Cork, but far worse for unwanted horses.

Public visits to waste and recycling centres in West Cork have significantly reduced since their opening hours were cut — leading to fears of illegal dumping.

Cork County Council will have fewer resources in the near future to contain stray horses.

Hidden cameras, a name-and-shame policy and education programmes are among the likely proposals being considered by Cork County Council chiefs to halt public littering.

The extent to which people are illegally dumping rubbish on country roads was highlighted yesterday when it was revealed that a special team of council workers recovered 2.18 tonnes of rubbish in just 12 days.

Tenders will be sought for the future use of a now-mothballed €48 million super dump in Co Cork.

Some may say it’s barking mad, but dog owners in Co Cork could become the first in the country to be fined for not clearing up their pet’s poo if a new DNA database is introduced by the local authority.

Special litter ‘hit squads’ are to be deployed throughout Co Cork to tackle illegal dumping, after a pilot scheme removed 17 tonnes of waste from roadsides in just 49 days.

You have to have a nose for these things — but three householders in Cork were unable to find their septic tanks when council officials came a calling. The officials couldn’t locate them either.

Far more stray horses were put down in Cork in 2014 compared to previous years as their owners refused to collect them from pounds.

The beach closest to Cork City and a well-known one in East Cork could be closed next summer due to an EU directive on water quality.

Waste companies show interest in €48m mothballed Bottlehill site

Figures released by Cork Co Council show that 60% of septic tanks inspected are non-compliant with new regulations — especially de-sludging by householders.

A leading environmental campaigner has given her seal of approval to a plan to make safe a toxic dump in Cork harbour and transform it ito a public park.

Midleton Town Council has voted to proceed with a €2m footpath regeneration programme, despite claims by traders that lost parking spaces will cost businesses €1.5m a year.

Tens of thousands of householders in Co Cork are likely to face increased refuse collection charges from the summer when they will be legally required to use brown bins to dispose of food waste.

The number of horses put down by Cork County Council vets last year doubled compared to 2012. The local authority expects that it will have to euthanise many more in the next few years as owners continue to abandon them due to the recession.

A mothballed €48m superdump in Co Cork may become a renewable energy eco-park with wind turbines and food digesters that will generate power for the national grid.

Environmental scientists have been unable to pinpoint the source of a nauseating smell plaguing a top tourist town in West Cork.

It sounds like a load of garbage, but Cork County Council has put a temporary ban on council workers picking up roadside rubbish after health and safety concerns were raised.

A pilot scheme involving litter clean-ups by a Cork County Council hit squad is to be extended and CCTV cameras are to be used as part of a beefed-up campaign to tackle illegal dumping.

A local authority has defied the Government’s guidelines and refused to dezone a flood plain earmarked for development.

Thousands of dog owners are breaking the law by refusing to pay for licences after charges were increased.

Visits to recycling centres in Co Cork could become more costly if the private sector takes over their running.

Senior officials in Cork County Council remain confident a mothballed €50m superdump will eventually open.

Around a fifth of all rivers and streams in Co Cork may be polluted, according to a report released by the Environment Directorate of Cork County Council.

WATER was being restored to a number of areas in Cork city yesterday and last night council officials said that all but 8,000 homes would have their supply restored by early this evening.

CORK County Council is opening up its civic amenity sites to accept flood damaged material free of charge.

PLANS are being drawn up to fill in part of a toxic waste dump in Cork harbour which contained traces of the highly carcenogenic Chromium 6.

A TOTAL of 101 candidates will be sweating it out at Saturday’s counts as they wait to see if they will get one of the 48 Cork County Council seats on offer.

A MAJOR trade mission to France has unexpectedly resulted in an offer to set up offices in China to promote Cork businesses.

THE total mileage of roads in Cork far exceeds any other county.

ALL hazardous waste stored at the former Irish Ispat steel plant at Haulbowline, Co Cork, will be shipped out to Germany for disposal in November.