We’ll do whatever it takes to stop superdump, say angry residents

RESIDENTS in a small Galway village are preparing to fight a superdump they fear will attract rats and flocks of seagulls.

We’ll do whatever it takes to stop superdump, say angry residents

New Inn, 12km from Loughrea, was announced last week as the location for the county’s new 50-acre landfill site. It is expected to take up to 1.5 million tonnes of waste from Galway county over a 15-20 year period.

The New Inn Anti-Dump Committee has campaigned against the landfill since the village was short-listed, along with Newbridge and Kilrickle, as a potential location five years ago.

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