COOLMORE yesterday launched a blistering attack on a proposed animal byproducts treatment plant, which would be located 3km from its Ballydoyle training facility, describing it as “the wrong use in the wrong location”.

CHAMPION trainer Aidan O’Brien has warned that the development of an animal waste plant close to his base in south Tipperary would mean the “end of Ballydoyle” as a world-class training facility.

CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in Ballydoyle stables last night and across the wider Golden Vale as campaigners celebrated the decision by South Tipperary County Council to refuse planning permission for a controversial animal waste plant.

South Tipperary County Council has rejected plans for a controversial biogas and biodiesel production facility near the world-renowned Ballydoyle and Coolmore equine establishments.

FEELINGS are running high ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for planning submissions on an animal waste rendering plant.

MORE than 200 objections have been lodged to plans for the construction of a processing plant for animal waste close to the world-famous Coolmore Stud and Ballydoyle Stables in Co Tipperary.

Three people are in hospital with serious injuries following a road accident in County Tipperary.