The proposal by an American company, Merrell Dow, to set up a factory at Killeagh,County Cork, is being challenged at a Bord Pleanála inquiry, which opened today.

Report shows the village of Killeagh and surrounding countryside.

Protest signs on bridges in east Cork.

To camera Tom MacSweeney.

John Hanrahan, the farmer who won a similar case, at the inquiry.

Inquiry meeting in progress.

Gardaí outside.

Model of the proposed factory.

The reporter is Tom MacSweeney.

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