Judge seeks statements in Cork incinerator dispute

The High Court has ordered An Bord Pleanála to make a sworn statement that it is not withholding documents from the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment (Chase) as the campaign group prepares to challenge the board’s controversial decision to grant planning permission for an incinerator at Ringaskiddy.

A former deputy chairperson of the board is also to make an affidavit addressing claims of ‘objective bias’ in the decision given his previous employment with a consultancy firm involved in incinerator projects.