No action yet on future of toxic waste dump

DESPITE convening four times and conducting two site visits in nine months, a taskforce to decide the future of a toxic waste dump still has not made its recommendations.

The Government had repeatedly promised the taskforce — which did not have the remit to look at the dump’s remediation — would finalise its report on Haulbowline by the end of last year.

Deputy David Stanton accused the Government of deliberately stalling on releasing the recommendations, and it would be left to the next administration to address the future of the toxic waste dump in Cork harbour.