CRH to face grilling over illegal dumping of waste

CEMENT giant CRH will be grilled today by an Oireachtas committee on why tonnes of waste were illegally buried on its lands.

Large quantities of domestic and commercial waste were discovered on its 680-acre site in Blessington, Co Wicklow, but the firm insists it was placed there without its knowledge.

Officials from Roadstone Dublin, the CRH subsidiary which operates the Blessington complex, will be asked to explain to the Joint Committee on the Environment how the material ended up on its property.