McInerney cleared of breaching Waste Act

ONE of the country’s largest building firms was cleared yesterday of breaching the Waste Management Act.

The case brought by Cork Co Council against McInerney Contractors Ltd was dismissed by Judge Brian Sheridan at Cork district court.

The judge said there was a question mark over whether control of waste material, comprised of soil and stones on a McInerney building site in Cork on September 3, 2007, had actually been transferred to an unauthorised person.