Incinerator in Cork Harbour would be like nuclear power-plant in 'The Simpsons'

An incinerator in Cork Harbour would be similar to the notorious nuclear power-plant in The Simpsons, an oral hearing into the proposed application by Indaver Ireland in Ringaskiddy heard yesterday.

Incinerator in Cork Harbour would be like nuclear power-plant in 'The Simpsons'

The submission was made by a student from Coláiste Muire, Cobh, on behalf of his fellow schoolmates, who won a standing ovation from the public gallery as they argued passionately against locating the incinerator near their school.

On day eight of An Bord Pleanála’s hearing into the proposed incinerator, the students, aged from 13 to 17, were joined by board of management members and teachers, arguing that the disproportionate rate of cancer in Cobh’s recent history was reason enough for the State planning authority to reject the proposal.

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