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.

An evacuation route put forward by Indaver Ireland to facilitate movement of personnel off Haulbowline Island in the event of an emergency involves use of a road that is gated, with the gates locked during certain periods.

Fast-roping special forces onto a ship as part of marine counter-terrorism training; cargo-slinging large loads and how low is too low when flying above a chimney stack — these issues all formed part of a robust Department of Defence rebuttal of claims that building an incinerator in Ringaskiddy would pose no threat to Air Corps operations.

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.

Indaver has rejected Air Corps safety fears over the proposed incinerator for Cork Harbour and said existing regulations and flying behaviours would mean little or no risk to aircraft.

Tears and accusations of insanity gave an emotional edge to some of the many presentations on day nine of the oral hearing into proposals by Indaver Ireland to build an incinerator on the Ringaskiddy peninsula.

An incinerator in Cork Harbour would be similar to the notorious nuclear power-plant in The Simpsons, an oral hearing into the proposed application by Indaver Ireland in Ringaskiddy heard yesterday.

The proposed incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, could drive sports out of the harbour, according to local clubs.

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.

The proposed incinerator in Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour could present a risk of fatal injury to helicopter crews, and an incident at the plant could effectively cut off the Haulbowline Naval Base, according to the Department of Defence.

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.

Most of us will have heard of the acronym, Nimby — ‘not in my backyard’. It refers to those who object to having utilities, pylons, social housing, and much more located anywhere near where they live. It’s typically considered and meant to be a derogatory term.

The minister for the defence and marine, Simon Coveney, will oppose controversial new plans for a €160m incinerator in Cork Harbour.

Maritime college students dressed in protection suits and air filtration masks were among 250 people who protested outside the site of a proposed major incinerator in Cork harbour.

In a major turnaround, more Irish household and commercial rubbish is being burnt in incinerators and used to power cement kilns than is going to landfill.

In 1999 the Irish people passed the 20th Amendment to the Irish Constitution, the purpose of which was to recognise the constitutional importance of local democracy in the form of local councils and& local government.

Household waste from Cork city and county is being shipped out of Cork Port for incineration in the Netherlands and Sweden, where its used to generate electricity.

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a proposed €150m twin incinerator project in Cork.

THE Department of the Environment said it has no plans to investigate allegations that “serial objectors” who may have links to heritage group An Taisce took money to withdraw objections to planning permission.

WE have all seen the devastation caused by flooding recently. Places that had never experienced flooding previously were totally submerged, such were the volumes of water that fell.

Planners were asked to sign off on proposals to fast-track Ireland’s first dump for toxic ash, it was revealed today.

PLANNING permission is to be lodged for this country’s first ever hazardous ash treatment facility in north Co Dublin.

THE Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has sent documentation to An Bord Pleanála informing the board they have no issue with the granting of planning permission for Indaver’s planned 240,000 tonne municipal and hazardous waste incinerator at Cork Harbour.

THE major talking points in this area centres on a split in Fianna Fáil which saw the unprecedented defection of Deirdre Forde to Fine Gael.

TRAFFIC engineers representing Cork harbour residents said there will be more traffic jams from Indaver’s proposed incinerator than the company’s environmental impact analysis has predicted.

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.

THE country’s first toxic waste incinerator must not be built before a proper Health Impact Assessment is carried out, a leading public health specialist warned yesterday.

The Environmental Protection Agency has arranged an oral hearing for next month into a controversial waste incinerator planned for Co Meath.

The Environmental Protection Agency is to hold an oral hearing next month into the toxic waste incinerator planned for Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

WE would be grateful for the opportunity to clarify a claim made by Mary Fitzgerald in her letter (Irish Examiner, December 9).

ROGER ELLIS (Irish Examiner letters, November 6) is incorrect in a number of his statements.

BRIAN HANRATTY (Irish Examiner letters, November 3) is incorrect in his statement that Indaver Ireland’s municipal waste incinerator in Co Meath will “pose a new threat” to the heritage of the Boyne valley.

TWO Government ministers conceded yesterday that the proposed site for the State’s first €93m toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy in County Cork was “inappropriate.”

ANTI-INCINERATOR campaigners yesterday called for a complete ban on incineration as they marched on the Dáil in protest at the proposed Indaver facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

A MOTHER spoke yesterday of how she feared a disaster at a proposed controversial toxic incinerator plant.

MAY I congratulate Indaver Ireland on its choice of location for the construction of a proposed national hazardous waste incinerator.

WE wish to respond to Ann Daly’s letter (The Irish Examiner, April 8).

OBJECTORS to the country’s first household waste incinerator are to continue their fight in the courts after An Bord Pleanála cleared the construction of the facility yesterday.