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.

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.