Council ready to move against quarry operation

A LOCAL authority is preparing an injunction to halt an allegedly illegal quarry operation in an EU-designated area of special conservation.

Limerick County Council confirmed it will proceed with injunctive proceedings within a matter of weeks against the Whelan Group.

The company, based in Clare, claims it has a permit, granted in 1979, to excavate rock from the Gooseberry Hill site in the village of Ballyorgan, located several miles off the main Mitchelstown-Kilmallock road.