Dump clean-up delayed to mid-2012

THE clean-up of one of the country’s largest toxic dumps, for which the Government has allocated €40 million, is unlikely to begin until the middle of 2012.

The Government yesterday agreed to set aside €20m next year and a further €20m the following year to address concerns about the Haulbowline dump in Cork.

Agriculture and Marine Minister Simon Coveney secured the funds after years of reports into the waste at the contaminated former Irish Steel/Irish Ispat plant in Cork Harbour.