Cork community furious as ‘inadequate’ septic tank contaminates GAA pitch

The tank in Béal Átha ’n Ghaorthaidh, installed in the 1930s, is acknowledged as “operating at overcapacity”

The septic tank in Béal Átha ’n Ghaorthaidh, which the village’s development committee says often overflows, contaminating adjacent properties including a local GAA training pitch.

Members of Cork community are to petition Irish Water to upgrade an “inadequate” septic tank which they say regularly overflows, contaminating a GAA pitch and creating public health and environmental risks at a scenic lake.

The tank in the Gaeltacht village of Béal Átha ’n Ghaorthaidh, installed in the 1930s, is acknowledged in the new draft Cork County Development Plan as “operating at overcapacity”. Its inefficacy also limits future housing development in the village, the draft plan points out.