Local anger at plans to burn cyanide gas

FAMILIES have reacted with fear and anger over plans to destroy batches of the deadly chemical hydrogen cyanide by explosion on Wicklow lands later this month.

Seven cylinders with residue and batches of the lethal chemical will be transported to army lands where the hydrogen cyanide will be burnt in open air.

A concentration of 300mg per cubed metre of the chemical in the air will kill a human in minutes.