Democracy incinerated in pursuit of something called common good

As China welcomes the year of the monkey, maybe the people of Ringaskiddy should mark the year of the three monkeys. Bureaucracy can see no evil, speak no evil and certainly hear no evil insofar as what it can dump on the community there is concerned.

Just how big a fan, exactly, do the people of Ringaskiddy need to deal with what's being thrown at them at the moment? It transpires that the area could be the site also for a massive sewage treatment plant, even if Cork county council seems to be rather shy about disclosing its precise location.

This possibility arose less than a week after An Bord Pleanála granted approval for the controversial incinerator for hazardous waste to be built there.