Angry locals bid to halt ‘rampant’ quarrying

RESIDENTS fighting controversial plans for another quarry in East Cork will represent themselves at an oral hearing into the project, starting tomorrow.

An inspector from An Bord Pleanála will hear arguments from both sides over the course of what is expected to be a two-day hearing at the SAS Radison hotel in Little Island, from 10am tomorrow.

The Carrigtwohill Environmental Alliance (CEA) is leading the objections to plans by Midleton-based Healy Brothers Ltd to open their second quarry in East Cork.