Go-ahead for incinerator plan
Plans for a controversial waste incinerator in Dublin Bay were given the go-ahead today.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was granting permission to Dublin City Council for the plant at Poolbeg.
More than 216 conditions are included in the terms of the licence, relating to the environmental management, operation, control and monitoring of the proposed facility.
“The EPA is satisfied that operation of the facility, in accordance with the conditions of the licence, will not endanger human health or harm the environment in the vicinity of the facility or over a wider area,” said an EPA spokesman.
The incinerator will be the first of its kind in Dublin and one of the largest such facilities in Europe, burning up to 600,000 tonnes of waste every year.
