Objections to plant's plans to dump '5,000 double-decker buses' of mud into Shannon Estuary

If the application were to succeed, the Aughinish Alumina plant would be allowed to dump almost 668,500 tonnes of dredged material over an eight-year period

The Aughinish Alumina plant on the Shannon Estuary, Co Limerick, which failed in its plans to expand its red mud bauxite residue disposal area last year.

Residents and environmentalists have objected to a Russian-owned refinery’s application to dump the equivalent of “5,000 double-decker buses” filled with mud into the Shannon Estuary.

Futureproof Clare is one of the groups opposed to a bid by the Aughinish Alumina plant, to renew its permit for the loading and dumping of dredged material, as part of its maintenance operations.