Call to publish contract for planned incinerator

PRIVATE waste operators want a contract for the planned Poolbeg incinerator publicly released after it emerged that a “get out” clause exists between city chiefs and the company behind the waste facility.

The planned south Dublin project has given rise to claims that taxpayers could be dumped with millions of euro in compensation if not enough waste is burnt in the incinerator.

It has now emerged that a three-year-old contract between its operators, Covanta, and Dublin City Council, could collapse from midnight tonight because of a break clause in the deal.