Simon Coveney and Micheál Martin team up on incinerator

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin teamed up yesterday against the proposed location of an incinerator in Cork Harbour, claiming such a plan would cause irreparable damage to the area.

Both Mr Coveney and Deputy Martin said there was no economic imperative for such a facility and that it would undermine efforts to transform the entire Cork Harbour area. Mr Martin queried how many times such a proposal could be brought before it is finally dropped.

They were speaking as the oral hearing into the proposal entered its second week and only after the chief inspector, Derek Daly, said he would be continuing with the hearing after calls for the matter to be adjourned over confusion about the application process.