Locals not informed of plan for 40,000t of incinerator ash to go to Bottlehill

Residents of a Co Cork village are shocked at revelations that 40,000 tonnes of incinerator ash could be buried every year at an unused landfill on their doorstep.

A number of county councillors are also bitterly disappointed they were not informed by Cork County Council officials of talks, with waste management operator, Indaver, about the plan.

The anger locally, and among public representatives, came after Indaver and council officials admitted to the Irish Examiner that discussions were continuing about burying the ash at the Bottlehill landfill, 20km north of Cork City.