Cork €50m superdump never used in 16 years 'should be sold off'

Bottlehill landfill 23km north of Cork City was meant to take in up to 217,000 tonnes of waste per year since 2009 

Cork county councillors claim the superdump-that-never-was at Bottlehill is a financial millstone around the local authority’s neck. File picture: Eddie O'Hare

A €50m ‘white elephant’ superdump in Co Cork that has never accepted one bag of refuse in the past 16 years should be sold off.

That is according to Cork county councillors, who claimed the superdump-that-never-was at Bottlehill is a massive financial millstone around the local authority’s neck.