Stalled €48m superdump could become energy park

A mothballed €48m superdump in Co Cork may become a renewable energy eco-park with wind turbines and food digesters that will generate power for the national grid.

There had been plans to open the superdump at Bottlehill, north of Cork City, in 2010, but by then there was a surplus of landfill space in the country.

As a result, Cork County Council decided it would not be economically viable to open it solely as a landfill, especially as much of the waste generated in the region was already being exported to other dumps around the country.