Council to contest court charges over landfill odours

CLARE County Council is to contest court charges that it caused odour nuisances at its central landfill facility in Inagh over an 18-month period.

The local authority is to retain one of the top barristers in the country, Patrick Gageby SC, to defend the charges, along with Michael Collins BL, in the case.

At Ennis Circuit Court yesterday, Mr Collins told the court the evidence in the case was of a technical nature and the trial may take two to three weeks.