Council dispels local fears over taking waste from closed landfill

WITH Cork County Council’s landfill outside Youghal facing a five-fold increase in its capacity, officials have denied there are any plans to take waste from the Dungarvan landfill in Co Waterford, which has recently been closed.

Council dispels local fears over taking waste from closed landfill

Youghal Town Council manager Donal Barrett has assured councillors that the acceptance of part or all of Dungarvan’s waste isn’t under consideration, “active or otherwise”.

“Any suggestion to the contrary,” said Mr Barrett, “is utterly without foundation.”

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