Care centre will be forced to close if dump goes ahead

A CARE organisation looking after people with learning difficulties for more than 15 years claims it will have to close its residential and day centre if plans for a nearby landfill go ahead.

The Camphill Community in South Tipperary is furious over an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to grant a licence with a number of conditions to South Tipperary County Council for the landfill. The landfill would be less than three-quarters of a mile away from the centre and supporters of the organisation said it would sound the death knell for their community.

The Camphill Community said it plans to request either an oral hearing or lodge an objection.