EPA takes Cork County Council to court for allowing 'dangerous' level of polluted liquid to build up at landfill site

Cork County Council has appeared in court charged with allowing a build up of potentially explosive gas and an accumulation of a "dangerous" level of polluted liquid at a Carrigtwohill landfill site.

The local authority admitted it has not burned off gas arising from the East Cork Landfill Site in line with its responsibilities as site licence holder.