Super dump gets go-ahead from EPA

THE Environmental Protection Agency last night granted a local authority a licence to operate what is likely to be the biggest super dump in the country.

The EPA’s decision follows a positive ruling by An Bord Pleanála last February which now paves the way for Cork County Council to go ahead with developing the controversial 115 acre site near the village of Bottlehill in the north of the county.

John O’Riordan, a spokesman for the Bottlehill Environmental Alliance, last night described the decision as “very disappointing”.