Residents ‘must close windows to keep out stench from toxic dump’

RESIDENTS in an area just outside Castleisland, Co Kerry, can’t open their windows because of a stink from an unauthorised dump, it was claimed yesterday.

Kerry County Council is under pressure to get the nuisance removed and it should be gone by May, but county manager Martin Nolan warned councillors against scaremongering.

According to Cllr Billy Leen, up to 500 tonnes of pharmaceutical waste is in an open pit at Tullig, two miles from Castleisland, and should be removed immediately. He said up to 150 families were living nearby.