Toxic dump contractor ‘will not be silenced’

THE man who blew the whistle on the Haulbowline toxic dump scandal has said he will not be silenced by the state’s threat of legal action.

Environmental consultant Stephen Griffin vowed to continue to highlight what he describes as the “worst pollution incident in the history of the state”. Mr Griffin was speaking last night after storm conditions swamped the toxic dump site in Cork Harbour with sea water over the weekend.

He said he was horrified when he saw the extent of the flooding of the contaminated East Tip dump site, at the edge of the former steel works plant. Gale force winds and high tides combined on Friday night to force sea water into the dump site.