Residents face week of odours over landfill works

RESIDENTS living around Cork city’s former landfill site have been warned to expect odours from the site next week as contractors begin relocating waste as part of a major capping project.

Cork City Council said the work at the Kinsale Road landfill site should take about a week, it will be done as quickly as possible, and steps will be taken to keep any disruption to a minimum. The council has appointed a contractor to carry out the capping and restoration works on the site, which ceased landfilling operations last year.

The area to be capped in this phase measures about nine hectares (22 acres) and the works are scheduled to be undertaken between now and October 2011.