Coillte to spend €100,000 clearing up 600 tonnes of waste in two sites

The State’s forestry service Coillte will have to spend €100,000 clearing up 600 tonnes of industrial and domestic waste dumped on two sites in Kingscourt,on the Cavan-Meath border recently.

Coillte’s national estates risks manager Mick Power has described the amount of waste as “astronomical” and that this is the worst incident ever faced by the State service.