Record €20m waste fine still not paid by firm

The biggest fine for environmental damage ever handed down by an Irish court has not been paid and the company responsible is now under final notice to comply.

Waste company Jenzsoph Ltd was slapped with a record €20m penalty for environmental pollution after being convicted in the Dublin Circuit Court in October of mismanaging the Kerdiffstown landfill site in Co Kildare, which is now being cleaned up at enormous expense to the taxpayer.

Two convictions were recorded, attracting fines of €10m each, relating to offences between 2003 and 2008, when huge mounds of waste were allowed accumulate untreated at the site, and nearby residents had to live with disgusting odours.