Cork Harbour residents fear cheese waste

Residents living around Cork Harbour are claiming cheese production giant Dairygold avoided meaningful consultation with them before seeking to build a new plant that will pump 3m litres of waste into the water.

A public meeting was held in East Ferry last night where residents were encouraged to lodge objections with Cork County Council’s planning department before the deadline of January 20.

Debby Hayes, of the Saleens and District Residents Association and Protect East Ferry Waters, said locals were not aware of the plans to dump waste into the harbour until one resident spotted the planning permission notice.