Health links must be explored

AN Bórd Pleanála’s decision to give the country’s first municipal waste incinerator the green light was bound to trigger outrage among environmentalist.

Given the inconclusive nature of links between cancer and incinerators, it was inevitable that the go-ahead to build one at Duleek, Co Meath, would be met with disappointment.

It has been condemned by An Taisce, the national planning watchdog, as an ill-advised endorsement of incineration as a means of waste disposal.