Court’s €12k fine of waste firm ‘nothing more than a slap on the wrist’

Residents have described the €12,000 fine imposed on a waste firm for multiple breaches of the waste licence at its Cork City depot as nothing more than a slap on the wrist.

One of the leading figures in the Northside Says No To Rubbish campaign said they would continue their efforts to force the authorities to find an alternative location for the waste processing which is under way at the Country Clean depot in Churchfield.

Campaigner Joe Browne welcomed the company’s conviction in Cork District Court but said he was not happy with the penalty.