Bray rubbish dump 'washing into the sea'

A dump holding 200,000 tonnes of rubbish is being washed into the sea more than 20 years after the problem was identified, a report on the dangers of erosion has found.

Bray rubbish dump 'washing into the sea'

A dump holding 200,000 tonnes of rubbish is being washed into the sea more than 20 years after the problem was identified, a report on the dangers of erosion has found.

The disused landfill north of Bray, which stopped taking in waste at least 25 years ago, is being eaten away after advancing waves from the Irish Sea washed out clay walls.

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