Untreated waste overflows from plant for two days

Complaints were made to the Environmental Protection Agency after untreated waste overflowed into nearby woodland over the weekend.

Untreated waste from the local authority plant in Castlemartyr, Co Cork, continued to flow for more than two days before a waste water engineer from Cork County Council was sent to the plant, under orders from the EPA.

Residents have described the scene as a “public health hazard”.