When consultation becomes a ‘problem,’ democracy loses out

AT a public meeting in Cork recently we heard of the plight of the Rossport Five and the battle that this community have on their hands to ensure the protection of their homes.

What struck me at the meeting was that the people in Mayo had encountered problems similar to ours in Cork when dealing with the proposed toxic waste incinerator.

The language was almost identical in that we heard of the situation where “the Government bought the lie” and “depended on the information the company gave them” without asking any hard questions.