Council refutes McDowell incinerator claim

CONFUSION surrounded the fate of the controversial Poolbeg incinerator last night after Tánaiste Michael McDowell said the project had collapsed, only to be contradicted by Dublin City Council.

Danish company Elsam had agreed a public-private partnership with the council to build and operate the incinerator, to be located on the Poolbeg peninsula in Mr McDowell’s Dublin South-East constituency.

However, the Tánaiste yesterday claimed Elsam’s takeover by Danish Oil and Natural Gas [DONG] had caused the project to collapse. “[Elsam] has been taken over by a new parent company which has signalled to Dublin City Council that it has no further interest in the project.”