Unauthorised scrap metal facility shut

A MASSIVE scrap metal enterprise operated by a number of families on the outskirts of Limerick city was yesterday dismantled in a clampdown on unauthorised waste facilities.

A multi-agency task group comprising of gardaí, customs and excise officials and staff from Limerick city and county councils were involved in the move against a five-acre site at Monaclinoe, Ballysimon.

The unauthorised waste facility had been operating for a number of years.