EPA urged to launch dumping probe after spate of blazes

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been asked to investigate illegal dumping activity on a site on the northside of Cork City after a spate of suspicious fires in recent days.

A formal complaint about conditions at Ellis’s Yard in Ballyvolane was lodged with the EPA yesterday after firefighters tackled several rubbish-related fires there across the weekend.

Two units of Cork City Fire Brigade spent several hours tackling a massive blaze on the land next to the Spring Lane Traveller halting site on Friday night.