Councillors reject plans for €1m recycling facility

PLANS for a €1 million civic amenity facility, near Listowel, were yesterday unanimously rejected by Kerry County Council.

The council executive must now look for another site to serve much of the north Kerry area and county manager Martin Riordan, who had asked councillors to defer their decision, said an alternative site may be very difficult to find.

Up to 70 local residents had mounted strong opposition to the facility, which had been earmarked by the council executive for the Tanavalla Industrial Estate, a mile on the Tralee side of Listowel.