Campaigners
Vowed to fight the proposal to the end
The company planning to build Ireland's first commercial hazardous waste incinerator has said it will appeal today's decision by Cork County Council not to grant it permission.
A spokesperson for Indaver said they would be bringing plans for an incinerator with a capacity for 100,000 tonnes of toxic waste to An Bord Pleanála.
20,000 objections have been lodged against the planned incinerator at Ringaskiddy and some of those most opposed turned up to hear the deliberations at Cork County Council.
County Manager Maurice Moloney told councillors that Cork had a hazardous waste problem from the pharmaceutical companies at Ringaskiddy and it was not going away.
His call for the Development Plan to be changed to allow the plant go ahead was supported by 13 councillors, including Fianna Fáil's Kevin O'Keefe who said incineration was 'the best of a bad lot'.
However 30 other councillors from all parties disagreed, including Fine Gael's Peter Kelly who questioned the size of the plant and said it could jeopardise plans for a National Marine College.
Indaver Ireland, which is behind the plan, says it will now appeal to An Bord Pleanála, while anti-incinerator campaigners have vowed to fight the proposal to the end.
