County council aims to expand landfill

THE Gortadroma landfill in West Limerick will have no more space next year at current usage but may have its life span extended by 15 to 20 years, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing in Limerick was told yesterday.

Limerick County Council want to open up 19 additional hectares for waste disposal, adjacent to the current 11 hectares landfill site which was opened in 1990 and is now nearly full.

Local residents, along with Gortadroma Action Group, Kilcoleman National School and anglers, are objecting to the planned extension.