Stud farm sets out case against bioplant

COOLMORE yesterday launched a blistering attack on a proposed animal byproducts treatment plant, which would be located 3km from its Ballydoyle training facility, describing it as “the wrong use in the wrong location”.

Opening the stud giant’s case against the project, Donal O’Donnell SC said Castleblake in south Tipperary was “close to the last place on this earth” that an animal byproduct plant should be located.

Mr O’Donnell said the area proposed for the Green Organics Energy (GOE) plant was in a “tranquil and pristine rural environment”, close to the “greatest racing stables in the world” and that GOE’s plan was “the antithesis” of proper planning. He also said that there was a “disturbing inconsistency and instability” in GOE’s proposal.