O’Brien: Waste plant could shut Ballydoyle

CHAMPION trainer Aidan O’Brien has warned that the development of an animal waste plant close to his base in south Tipperary would mean the “end of Ballydoyle” as a world-class training facility.

Expressing concern about the potential atmospheric emissions from such a plant, Mr O’Brien said yesterday that “air quality is vital” to the training of thoroughbred horses.

Speaking on the opening day of an oral hearing into a proposal to build an animal byproducts processing plant 3km from the internationally famous Ballydoyle establishment, the multi-classic winning trainer said the planned project was “a total no-go” as far as he was concerned.