EPA to hear objections to Irish Cement plan next month

Billionaire businessman JP McManus has marched in protest against Irish Cement's proposed development. Picture: Healy Racing

Objections to controversial €10m plans by Irish Cement to burn waste materials instead of fossil fuels at its manufacturing plant in Co Limerick, are to be heard before an Environmental Protection Agency-chaired oral hearing next month.

More than 4,000 objections to the proposed development, in Castlemungret, have been lodged with the EPA.