EU shares residents’ concern over illegal dump

RESIDENTS who fought an illegal dump in an amenity area all the way to the European Commission said they felt vindicated yesterday following a scathing EU attack on a city’s environmental record.

Members of the Mallow Road Residents’ Association went on to demand that Murphy’s Rock in Blackpool be fully restored and declared an area of special conservation.

Murphy’s Rock in the Glenamought Valley has six distinct types of habitat and is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna.