Incinerator hearing continues in Drogheda

A hearing into an application for the State's first municipal waste incinerator will continue in Co Louth today.

A hearing into an application for the State's first municipal waste incinerator will continue in Co Louth today.

A senior Indaver official and four experts are due to give evidence at the today's hearing in Drogheda.

The Environmental Protection Agency is hosting oral hearings for the proposed incinerator at Carranstown, Co Meath. The plant has received planning permission, but it will also need an EPA waste licence if it is to operate.

The hearings are expected to last two weeks with a decision in four months.

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The €80 million development, if fully licensed, will take take up to 150,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste a year or the equivalent of a large landfill.