Driving the circular economy

Ireland has big ambitions for its waste-to-energy facilities, with planned new plants around the country moving us ever closer to self-sufficiency

Call for inquiry into lack of minutes from waste incinerator meetings

Campaigners used FoI to learn of 2011 Indaver and Department of Environment talks

An Bord Pleanála defers decision on €160m Cork incinerator

Campaigners against project hope ninth deferral shows objections being taken seriously

Data Protection Commissioner raises CCTV concerns with Garda

Watchdog to examine surveillance schemes and use of car number-plate recognition

Cork road objectors ‘unlike those fighting Apple in Athenry’

Hearing taking place into plans to upgrade N28 as means to link city to Ringaskiddy

Bord Pleanála defers decision on Cork incinerator for 7th time

Latest deferral comes 18 months after oral hearing on Indaver’s €160m Ringaskiddy plan

New EU plastic recycling targets will be a ‘tall order’ for Ireland

Ireland needs new waste management policy to cope with global recycling upheaval

Incinerator would not impact Cork naval base, says Indaver

Company’s review finds emissions from chimney would not cause problems for helicopters

Incinerator decision deferral due to Haulbowline flight concerns

Deferral to allow Indaver provide detail on impact €160m facility to have on helicopters

Bord Pleanála to defer Cork incinerator decision for fourth time

Planning authority to seek more information on Ringaskiddy project from Indaver

Indaver and environmentalists clash over Cork incineration plan

Dispute centres on European Commission document on waste-to-energy processes

Bord Pleanála will not meet target date for decision on €160m Cork incinerator

Opponents dismayed at decision to defer Ringaskiddy determination for third time

Cork incinerator site would ‘affect naval base evacuation’

In case of accident, staff at nearby base would have to travel towards hazard, says Government

Incinerators with modern cleaning systems not harmful, hearing told

If Ringaskiddy incinerator goes ahead Air corps will operate no fly zone, says Defence

Concerns raised over ash disposal at planned Cork incinerator

Using Bottlehill landfill will bring waste through residential areas, says Green Party

Cork incinerator firm supported waste export, councillor says

Indaver argued trade was necessary as recently as 2013, Marcia D’Alton tells hearing

Site chosen by Indaver for Ringaskiddy incinerator ‘ bad one’

None of company’s incinerators in Belgium, the Netherlands or Germany are in comparable locations, planning hearing is told

Plan for Cork Harbour incinerator ‘flawed’, FF leader says

Micheál Martin calls for cap on repeat planning applications for major projects

Cork incinerator plan criticised by Simon Coveney

Minister says proposal would be contrary to Government plans for Cork Harbour

Cork incinerator will have ‘negligible impact on human health’

Health expert for waste company Indaver says dioxin emissions will be ‘insignificant’

Cork incinerator will not be hit by erosion, hearing told

Indaver had been refused permission for project due to concerns over coastal erosion

Cork incinerator would have ‘high level of flood protection’

Floors of Indaver development would be 5m above sea level, reducing flood risk - expert

Need for incineration well recognised, says Indaver

Company defends proposal for Ringaskiddy facility after protest outside Bord Pleanála hearing

Ringaskiddy incinerator ‘necessary’ to handle Cork’s waste

Director of firm behind proposal extols benefits amid growing local opposition

Company behind Cork incinerator project criticised over emissions

Indaver Ireland says breaches of emission levels at Meath plant are not significant

The wrong incinerator for Dublin

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