Incinerator decision delayed for an eighth time

The deadline for deciding on whether to give the go-ahead to a controversial incinerator in Cork Harbour has been pushed out for the eighth time. It is one of the State’s longest-running planning sagas.

An Bord Pleanála had said they would announce on December 5 their ruling on a proposal by Indaver Ireland Ltd to to build a €160m, 240,000-tonnes-per-annum waste-to-energy facility at Ringaskiddy, in Co Cork.

However, that date has now been pushed out to December 19, a year-and-a-half after the original deadline.