Gormley rebuffs incinerator claims after FG complaint

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has insisted he is complying with the “letter of the law” in the way he is handling an incinerator project which he and his constituents oppose.

Fine Gael has made a formal complaint to SIPO, the state’s ethics watchdog, claiming Mr Gormley has a clear conflict of interest and has breached the code of conduct for office-holders.

Although an opponent of the incinerator proposed for Poolbeg in his own Dublin South East constituency, Mr Gormley is the minister with responsibility for adjudicating on a foreshore licence for the project.