I WAS flabbergasted at Environment Minister Dick Roche’s assertion that Indaver’s incinerators are passing through “one of the most open and rigorous physical planning and environmental licensing regimes in the world” (January 5).

THE waste management crisis in Cork took another turn for the worse yesterday with the announcement that serious objections are to be made to An Bord Pleanála over a 56 million landfill county council plan.

MORE than 1,800 people have signed a petition supporting a €10 million project which has been objected to by film director Neil Jordan.

IT is almost certain that the country’s first commercial toxic waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork will be granted a waste disposal licence by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it emerged yesterday.

FOLLOWING a crackdown on quarry firms operating outside the terms of their planning permission, Kerry County Council is to be paid €50,000 a year by one quarry company, it has emerged.

AN Bord Pleanála’s support for a commercial toxic waste incinerator in Cork Harbour resulted from “government policy” and “European pressure” to build one, according to Minister of the Environment, Martin Cullen.

A WASTE crisis is looming in Co Westmeath unless an extra half million tonnes of rubbish can be dumped at a landfill outside Athlone.

DEVELOPER Jim Mansfield’s €50 million West Dublin scheme is back on track.

WATERFORD County Council’s controversial proposal to develop a major landfill has passed the crucial final planning stage following a four-year bitter battle.

AN BÓRD PLEANÁLA yesterday denied it had compromised its independence by meeting with members of the Corrib gas consortium before the controversial project was given final planning approval.

IRELAND has the capacity to become self-sufficient in natural gas and to become a net gas exporter Energy Minister Dermot Ahern said yesterday.

PLANS for a gas-powered electricity station that would generate enough power to light 300,000 homes have been turned down by Cork County Council.

AN archaeological find on the site of a €372 million motorway in Limerick could herald massive delays or force the redesign of the route if further ancient treasures are discovered.

WHILE enjoying a relaxed Saturday morning's breakfast I almost choked on my rashers on noticing your piece (Irish Examiner, March 6) about the waste management company Indaver's plans to 'counter misinformation' with a new publicity campaign regarding their proposed hazardous and toxic waste incineration facility for Cork.

I AM writing in response to the column by Pat Brosnan titled “Democracy incinerated in pursuit of something called common good” in which he expresses his opinion that democracy was poorly served when An Bord Pleanála gave permission to Indaver Ireland to construct a chemical incinerator at Ringaskiddy in spite of community objections.

PLANNING permission is being sought for a second wind-farm in a controversial area earmarked for the conservation of the endangered hen harrier, it emerged yesterday.

THE decision-making process in relation to the proposed waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy is a travesty of democracy.

IN 1900 the cancer rate was one in 80. Today the figure is an alarming one in three.

HARBOUR residents met with legal advisers last night to plan a High Court challenge to the location of a national toxic waste incinerator in their area.

Shell E&P Ireland Ltd yesterday welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to uphold Mayo County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a gas terminal at Bellanaboy Bridge, County Mayo, which is to be built to bring Corrib Gas ashore.