Incinerator will ‘integrate successfully’ in harbour

A modern, well-designed, and well-run 240,000-tonne incinerator is compatible with and will “integrate successfully” with the range of existing uses in Cork Harbour, the State’s planning appeals board believes.

After the 2016 oral hearing into the €160m project, the inspector in his report said he considered that the project in Ringaskiddy was not compatible with recent developments in the area which include the National Maritime College, IMERC and Beaufort labs.

He described data in the environmental impact statement as deficient; he said he had concerns about the alternative site selection process, which he described as “seriously deficient”; and said he believed the proposed development would constitute overdevelopment of the site.