Ireland still on name and shame list

THE European Commission last night admitted it wrongly accused Ireland of failing to adopt a key EU Directive on improving standards at landfill sites.

But the country is to remain on a “name and shame” list until national legislation bringing the 1999 Landfill Directive into effect is inspected.

Four individual court cases relating to illegal or mismanaged landfill sites are also to proceed as planned before the Court of Justice while a fifth is under consideration.