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PERMISSION HAS BEEN granted for the building of the controversial incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.
The 17-year plan to put an incinerator at the Indaver site in Ringaskiddy had been met with resistance from the community, local politicians and members of PDFORRA, the Defence Forces representative body.
Despite this opposition, waste company Indaver has been now been granted permission by An Bord Pleanála to build the waste-to-energy incinerator in Cork Harbour.
The company applied in December 2015 to build the incinerator.
It was the third application to build an incinerator on the site since 2001.
An application to build the plant was rejected by An Bord Pleanala in 2011 on the grounds that the plan did not adequately plan for flooding or coastal erosion.
Previous hearings took place in 2003 and 2009, and inspectors at both recommended refusal for the project, with the 2009 inspector’s recommendation being carried by the Bord, and a planning refusal issued in 2011.
Two days before Christmas 2015 An Bord Pleanala ruled the incinerator constitutes strategic infrastructure development, allowing for another application.
Indaver submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála for a 240,000 tonne per annum waste-to-energy facility in Ringaskiddy.
The facility will treat household, commercial, industrial, non-hazardous and suitable hazardous waste, generating approximately 18.5MW of electricity for export to the national grid.
Oral hearings were held in April and May 2016 and a final decision has been expected for almost two years.
Commenting on the ABP decision today, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan told RTÉ’s Today With Sean O’Rourke that it was “hugely disappointing”.
“We’re not going into a world where we should be burning our rubbish,” he said.
Ryan said that burning of waste was a thing done in the past and that the world needed to move towards a circular economy of recycling and renewal.
“This is Government policy driving it. I think they do want and they could have stopped it at any stage,” he said.
Also speaking on the show, Mary O’Leary of the campaign group Chase said that the decision by ABP had undermined the credibility of the planning process.
“What is the point of people going through an oral hearing… and yet it is all ignored?” she said.
She described the decision as “shocking”.
“We are shocked, angry and deeply disappointed that the Bord has granted permission,” she said.
The endless delays in coming to this decision was always a cause for concern but we hoped against hope that the Bord would make the right decision.
Fine Gael Cork South Central Senator, Jerry Buttimer said:
“Today’s decision by An Bord Pleanála is extremely disappointing. I know it will be very frustrating for the residents and also for the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment (CHASE) whose members have worked so hard on this matter.
“The case they made against the incinerator at the oral hearing of An Bord Pleanála was compelling.
“I stand with the people of Cork in opposition to this incinerator.”
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Meanwhile, South Africa has issued a ban on non-citizens travelling from three west African countries worst affected by Ebola.
A health ministry statement declared “a total travel ban for all non-citizens travelling from these high risk countries,” referring to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
South Africans returning home from these areas will undergo strict screening, it added.
Authorities also barred non-essential travel to the three countries.
Ireland needs to follow suit. 1 month quarantine for any citizens returning bfrombthe 3 worst affected countries.
Airport Immigration Officer :- Have any of ye lads got that Teoyta yoke.
African arrival :- No sir, I have de Nissan micra
Airport Immigration Officer :- Go on I’ll let ye off this time.
Now isn’t that a much better way of reporting on the suspected case? Which is more of a suspected case than the last one you reported on!
Careful Kevin, I hear you can catch it just from commenting on Ebola related articles.
No breaking news alert flashing up as a notification this time? I wonder why….?
Etrolla
Get the flat 7up ready
Lol…although hydration an important part it the treatment of Ebola!! ;-)
This is not a joke
You’re right
It’s not a joke flat7up does work
Really?
What do you think the active ingredient is in the US’s wonder drug? Do you think Americans can outsmart Ebola? Americans?!
It took the wild growing weed ‘seachtsuas’, foraged by generations of Irish folk, boiled in sugar water for many hours, to defeat this thing.
Dry toast will be the vaccine.
Somebody better tell Kev cos he’s seriously freaking out …
yeah 7up and dettol.
Yea also a bit of deep heat on the crotch, the Ebola hates that.
We’re all doomed, doomed!!! DOOOOOMED!!!!!!!
Ohhhh sh!t! It’s happening!!!
Europe needs to put a complete ban on all flights to and from West Africa. For once follow the south Africa stance.
Kenya too has banned flights to West Africa region
Let’s hope there’s no rain overnight in Letterkenny
There’s no rain… Yet..
Where was my little “J” notification warning me of impending Apocalypse? Disappointed.
RTÉ alerted us, I’m used to both apps alerting me.
To be fair, once bitten twice shy after thejournal jumped the gun with the Dublin Ebola case.
Irish security : Hello Sir, I see you have been travelling in countries effected by Ebola. Sure I’ll let ya through and you can spread the disease anyway we are fecking useless here!
Hopefully he just got into his car at Dublin Airport and drove straight home. If he had to get a Taxi into town and get on a bus to Donegal god knows how many people could of been infected if he indeed died of the virus..
You have to come into contact with bodily fluids – it’s not the flu.
what, like sweat on a taxi seat?
No, like someone else’s blood or vomit penetrating an open wound on your skin. I know the bus from Dublin to Letterkenny is a bit scary, but I’d be surprised if things have got that bad.
Ebola can be caught simply by skin contact gob******
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/ebola-fever-virus-infection
Web Md me arse. This is from the WHO – “Ebola is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. In Africa, infection has been documented through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead or in the rainforest.
Ebola then spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, with infection resulting from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and indirect contact with environments contaminated with such fluids”. You can’t get it simply by touching and infected person.
Sweat is an excretion. You can catch it from sweat.
Would you touch an infected person
If you are a healthcare professional you will have to…with PPE and some diligence the risk of transmission is extremely low..if it becomes airborne, i’ll worry then!
1..lets hope the person in Question does not have it
2..we need to stop all non essential travel to west Africa until such time this horrific disease is under control
3..nobody from the effected region should be allow in , again until such time the disease is under control ,
these are necessary , because lets face it our hospital’s can’t even cope with an outbreak of flu or winter vomiting bug ….so not a hope have they of coping with this
Sean,
What about travel to Donegal?
Otherwise the list is very comprehensive, hope the HSE takes note immediately.
Give us no 4 Sean. Quick. I love the panic. And if it’s here. In our own Donegal should we ban all non essential travel there too. Or will everyone else impose a travel ban on Ireland. And with Xmas coming and not being allowed to cross the border for cheap drink. Where will it end. The end is nigh. Tis nigh. Or probably not. If I had a to bet on my imminent death I would still bet all on a road accident. I wish texting while driving raised as much fear. That really would save lives.
who’s panicking Sacha , these are logical steps
but we know Ireland doesn’t do logic
If it affected cattle we’d be locked down straight away
Its lucky we’re determined then isn’t it Neal!
Damn it, the one break I get this year and guess where I’m going on Sunday for a few days, yep Donegal.
I spent two weeks in Donegal a few weeks ago. Beautiful place, but the auld Ebola puts a bit of a dampener on it alright…
Where is the fella who sang about “building a wall around old Donegal” now?!?! Could the journal get in touch and see if the offer is still open?
Yes, a possible case of Ebola in Donegal. The county should be shut down. Oh, and its a county that’s not got a great history of road deaths too, cars are also under consideration for banning up here.
Coffee tables are also going to be banned nation wide due to the unacceptable level of shin injuries.
Ffs. Get some perspective.
Stephanie,
How right you are, condolences to the family of the dead man.
Not alone have the family to contend with the death of a loved one, they have contend with uncertainty in relation to the cause of death.
In worst case scenario they won’t know their own health consequences for another twenty days.
I’m sure that despite the smart comments, deep down sympathy exists for the family of the unfortunate man.
RIP Dessie never mind the trolls on here everyone who knew you will miss you but remember a sound guy a hard working guy and that’s the bottom line he was out there on work duty and it looks like it cost him his life, I hope when the results are in I’m wrong.
Somebody is still dead, have some respect.
Respect for death? Why? Death sucks.
Unless you just meant be po-faced and humourless. In which case no deal, the is miserable enough at the moment.
*the world is
What I don’t understand is the how HSE came across the remains of this person? Was the person in HSE care? Was the person ill at home and then died?
I’d imagine the HSE refers to the national Ambulance service
According to other news outlets he died at home and was brought to the mortuary in LK by a local undertaker.
Authorities should ban all flights for three worst affected countries and Nigeria . There should be thermal screening at all ports both airport and sea ports. Further HSE should start preparing isolation and other techniques once we start to get victims coming in . There should be a card issued to all travellers informing them if they have been in these regions within last three months to inform immigration coming in so they can be treated to thermals etc . If anyone refuses or ignores this and subsequently is diagnosed with Ebola then they will be held accountable for any losses and can be sued by next of kin of any additional people they infect . Isolation is the only game for this terrifying desires with as yet no cure . Stay safe
Thermal screening wont catch it at incubation phase. We have a sizable African community here from these regions. We will have to implement a travel ban to and from the area if a case crops up.
If anybody is diagnosed with Ebola Shud Be held accountable if someone else gets it off them and can be sued by nxt of kin haha what are they guna do mop up the blood which bled out of every orifice and stick it ina jar and put it with there dead body on the stand in civil court! Wonder would they get free legal aid I’d say they wud hey…
there should be medical clearance for everyone coming in here, for everything, not just ebola but hey…
I don’t understand why there wasn’t a 21 day quarantine period for anyone returning from West Africa implemented weeks ago. Sounds too much like common sense for the HSE to take it seriously maybe? No doubt they’ll ban flights now but that sounds a bit like closing the stable door long after the horse ran away…
Somebody learnt their lesson……
Of course it would start in Donegal, such an unlucky ill starred county somehow
such a dumb comment,
Fcuk
Stylish…
U advertising for French connection again Mary
I much prefer this article to the one last week which caused a national scandal, the headline of which might have well been “MAN DIES FROM EBOLA VIRUS IN DUBLIN”.
Looking forward to tomorrows journal.ie alert when I get up. EXCLUSIVE: GET THE F@#K OUT OF THE COUNTRY NOW
I hope Letterkenny hospital does not flood while this situation is occurring.
Don’t hold your breath and don’t press the panic button, it’s been on the way for the last couple of decades.
Third work countries spreading ancient diseases TB on the increase when we got rid of it.
Close the borders
Africa’s contribution to Ireland continues
Why are they letting people travel there its nuts
Only waiting for someone to Google flu symptoms and come out with: “I think I have ebola”!!!…….The tabloids will be rife with jumped up stories until the test results come back, they’re already trying to whip up a panic on fb and twitter! No point in panicking, it’s been contained and we’ll all know soon enough either way!
Great to see the HSE quick to react.
Quick to react?????? They guy died before they even ‘suspected’ it, surely he should of been screened on arrival from an infected country!!
I hope Mister Gooey’s comment was tongue in cheek? Unless he doesn’t know what quick actually means. Apparently this man was receiving treatment for “malaria” since his return from Sierra Leone so he was known to at least one doctor.
Just wondering why Irish news sources, including RTE are giving such little detail about this suspected case, while Sky news has all possible details……ridiculous coverage from Ireland as usual.
Having all the possible details is of little help if the details are not sufficiently confirmed or accurate.
It’s south west Donegal . Reportedly a 43 year old male visiting family and friends. Found dead in a house. Believed to be based in Dublin but a Donegal native.
Africa’s positive contribution to Ireland continues apace
Possible killer disease arrives in Ireland all ye can do is make jokes! Hope none of ye catch it, now that would be funny :)
It’s not a possible disease. It is a killer disease. And it may have arrived in Ireland.
But freaking out now isn’t going to make one bit of a difference is it?
So chill out and take action when action is needed. Plan ahead by all means but act when you need to!
Possible as in possibly in the country, jesus christ
Not to worry the HSE has it in hand.
Peoples respect for the dead man and this killer disease is both sad and strange.
Ebola and Jahadi are probably well entrenched in Ireland. It seems to be a great place to avoid detection at anything — ask the Bankers, corrupt CEOs of charities, Catholic priest paedophiles, etc.
Cancel the Dublin semi final
How can the HSE come out and say the chances of it spreading are “extremely low” – they do not know who the man has touched, by accident or on purpose.This virus can be transmitted by touching the clothes or materials that the infected person has come into contact with … the dude works in Dublin and lives with his partner … it is highly contagious, surely they need to isolate anyone who has spent time with the man since his return from Africa. Somewhere along the line there is a high chance he transmitted it. Whats even more baffling to me is why the man didnt take precautionary measures to make sure he was healthy before coming back to Ireland considering the place he had been visiting was ridden with Ebola, not to mention how many of his co workers over there caught the virus. People who have been found to be travelling back
from a heavily infected region need to be quarantined.
Surely Europe should be sending out instructions to member states- if one state is lax then it affects the others.
I wonder if the Donegal suspect and Dublin suspect were on the same flight?
The above story is not just about Ebola …a man has lost his life leaving behind a wife and young son ,family and friends…I hope they don’t read some of the ignorant comments posted here…have a bit of respect …
Donegal for the EBOLA!.I meant the SAM.
With so many sarcastic comments on here, I wonder where good, old common sense went to. A person died, so where’s the respect other people would get if it weren’t for suspected Ebola?
There are people with bad underlying illnesses and hardly working immune systems in Ireland, scared if perhaps they could catch Ebola. Empathy is a great thing, you know.
Ban all Donegal fans from Dublin for the match.. There all infected
Really?? Well done if you looked into the story it’s closer to home than you think.. Or would you like to have 100% of Croke Park filled not just the hill??
Why just donegal fans from dublin, a lot of dubs are supporting Dublin
They’re or even they are, you really have embarrassed yourself
I’m extremely embarrassed by my bad grammar, you clown
dont worry you’re from a lower social class so it’s tolerated,have a nice day
How do you define a social class, I know what class I put you in the Gary glitter class
alfie lad your original comment shows you up as a scrote,no class,no breeding just dragged up by the scruff of the neck.i leave you with my pity.
Bit rich coming from the scruffy looking lad who drags his kids to smelly bars,
Ohhh s*it, it’s happening!!
@Sinéad L …that’s idiot…sorry…lol:)
Condolences to this mans family and may he RIP despite the rediculous commentary on this article…
I did hear a news report stating that this mans family heard through the media that the tests were being carried out..if that is true, I would be critical of the HSE’s dealing with the issue but suspect that the tests are being carried out purely to confirm that it is not ebola that was COD.. The HSE will be dealing with this issue using recommended guidelines from WHO and such agencies…Don’t panic just yet…!
Ebola could go to the UK from Africa.
Pelligrini and Mourinho have already put bids in.
What makes me laugh is that in England or the States the tests would have been completed well before now. In Ireland however, this doesn’t happen. I’d say the lab was closed and they didn’t want to interrupt anyone’s tea.
That how it is where u work?
All the red tumbs of Ulster.
all de red tumbs maybe
Your such a smart arse a good man died, a hard working man who happened to be from Donegal but lived in Dublin is that real enough for you now? Because it seems that if it’s not in Dublin it’s a big joke. Laugh at us up here all you want what if it was a family member or friend of yours? RIP Dessie you were a gent and god bless your family and friends and I can’t add to this terrible sad story.
And if I could I’d build a wall around old Donegal
The north and south to keep them in, my god I’d build it tall
HSE says everything is fine , so alls ok so !
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