Planning shambles not the only burning issue

THE recent RTÉ Prime Time revelations of planning aberrations and malpractice fill one with contempt for a system whereby parliament passes laws which are then bypassed by so-called authorities in whom control is vested.

No government has any right to misuse departments of state and their agencies to mislead people and countenance bad environmental practice.

We are now witnessing another disaster in the making by the Government’s blinkered promotion of waste incineration.