Disability centre warns it will be forced to close if landfill goes ahead

A GROUP in Tipperary catering for people with disabilities yesterday warned it will be forced to close after permission was granted for a landfill nearby.

Disability centre warns it will be forced to close if landfill goes ahead

A local authority’s seven year-long battle for a licence for a landfill has ended with permission being granted on 10 acres of the 40 acre site in south Tipperary.

The Environmental Protection Agency has granted a licence, subject to 12 conditions for the site at Grangemockler. Chief among them is that the local authority maintain a 70 metre buffer zone inside the perimeter of the site.

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