Silent protest over harbour incinerator plan

Opponents of plans for a €160m incinerator in Cork Harbour staged a silent protest yesterday as Prince Charles visited the harbour area.

Silent protest over harbour incinerator plan

Gardaí kept a close but discreet eye on the hundreds of campaigners who lined the streets of Ringaskiddy as the prince and his entourage passed by on a visit to the National Maritime College of Ireland and the Irish Naval Service HQ in Haulbowline, both of which are close to the site of the controversial proposed development.

Waste firm Indaver secured permission from An Bord Pleanála last month to build the facility on a 13-hectare site close to the naval base.

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