€18m water treatment plant delayed on legal issue

Commencement of an €18m wastewater treatment plant in Co Cork remains on hold due to uncertainty over ownership rights on the Blackwater.

The Youghal project was expected to coincide with a €4.4m sewerage pipe network that began last month.

A spokesman for the Department of the Environment said: “A legal title issue relating to the footfall of the outfall pipes [land bearing sewage pipes] has arisen, which has been referred to the department’s solicitors.”