Multiple environmental law breaches at Cork landfill site

Serious breaches of environmental regulations have been found at a Co Cork landfill site, where inspectors discovered crucial IT equipment for monitoring gases and leachate had been out of action for two years.

Inspectors from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also found that the gas flare used to burn off excess gas had been out of order, sometimes for weeks at a time, that carbon dioxide and methane emissions at the site exceeded permitted limits, and that a leachate storage lagoon had not been tested for wear and tear for 10 years.