Plans may get swept under the rug

Opposition to the landfill cites local wildlife, and risk of water contamination Seán O’Riordan.

A WAR of words broke out yesterday as the largest local authority and private waste disposers in the country disputed each other’s figures for the amount of waste which will have to be buried in Munster.

Cork County Council officials claimed that Greenstar had “grossly inflated” the amount of waste which would need disposing of in the region in the next few years.