Landfill operators claim waste from Dublin's Spencer Dock development was contaminated

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The operators of a landfill dump say part of some 6,000 tonnes in waste from the Spencer Dock development in Dublin was contaminated and not inert as they had been told, it has been claimed in the High Court.

Murphy Environmental Hollywood and Integrated Materials Solutions Limited Partnership, owners and operators of the 54 hectare landfill in the Naul, north county Dublin, is suing the Spencer Place Development Company, builders PJHegarty and Sons, and Barnmore Demolition and Civil Engineering.