Democracy goes up in smoke along with those toxic chemicals

WEDNESDAY of last week was a sad day for Irish democracy, not to mention citizens’ health and their environment as a result of the EPA granting a licence to Indaver to build incinerators at Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, and Duleek, Co Meath.

The people of Cork and Meath - and indeed other areas around the country - have stated unequivocally that they do not want incineration.

This Government has made it quite clear that they are hell-bent on forcing incineration on us before exploiting all avenues of the waste hierarchy which they are supposed to do under EU guidelines.