€200m bill for Dublin City Council if it pulls the Poolbeg plug
The city council tells John Gormley that whoever triggers the contract’s break clause will be hit heavily.
View ArticlePoolbeg operator says levies bill breaches EU directive
Covanta, the company building the incinerator at Poolbeg, says John Gormley’s levies bill risks substantial EU fines.
View ArticlePoll: Does incineration have a 'role to play' in Ireland?
The Department of the Environment has said that incineration has a “role to play” in Ireland, both for treating waste and providing energy – but what do you think?
View ArticleIreland’s dependence on landfills 'unacceptably high'
Incineration has a “role to play” in Ireland, both for treating waste and providing energy, according to the Department for the Environment.
View ArticleDublin councils have spent €91 million on Poolbeg plant so far
Dublin city manager John Tierney says the council is looking to extend the deadline for construction to begin on the site.
View ArticleDate for Poolbeg waste plant postponed - again
More than five years after the first contract was signed, the deadline for recommencing work at the Poolbeg site has been pushed back again.
View ArticlePoolbeg incinerator plan delayed (again) but controversial clause gets dumped
There is still no date for when building will start on the Poolbeg incinerator, which has been in the works for over a decade.
View ArticlePoolbeg incinerator company may look for repayment if project doesn’t go ahead
But the taxpayer could lose €96 million.
View ArticleCompany behind Poolbeg incinerator will 'see how it plays out'
The Green Party says questions from investors show the “folly” of the plan.
View ArticleControversial Poolbeg plan gets green light from EU
But TD Kevin Humphreys still thinks the plans should be scrapped, saying today it is a waste of taxpayers’ money.
View ArticlePoolbeg incinerator is set to go ahead
The €500 million incinerator will process over 550,000 tonnes of waste each year.
View Article"The fight's not over yet": Councillors vote against Poolbeg incinerator plan
The majority of Dublin City councillors and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown councillors voted against, while Fingal councillors voted in favour of the plan.
View ArticleCouncillors surprised and shocked to hear work will begin soon on Poolbeg...
One councillor said it would have been “good manners and good practice” to contact them.
View ArticleCouncillors receive official notice of Poolbeg incinerator contract - 3 days...
The council CEO is understood to have described it as an “oversight” on his part not to inform the councillors sooner.
View ArticleWork has started on the Poolbeg incinerator - but there's already a protest...
The plant is being built by US energy company Covanta.
View ArticleThe 15-year battle to build an incinerator in Cork is still going
Campaigners say they will fight it.
View ArticleControversial incinerator will need a no-fly-zone, says Defence Forces
An Bord Pleanala is due to make a decision on the incinerator in July.
View ArticleFeel it's too late to do anything about the Poolbeg incinerator? Not so
Fear of an incinerator in the city of Dublin is not irrational – and we need to demand better controls and monitoring before it begins to burn.
View Article'I suppose we're f****** stuck with it': The Poolbeg incinerator is starting...
After years of holdups, the controversial plant is set to start burning waste this month.
View ArticleWexford father-of-three dies following domestic accident involving incinerator
The tragic accident occurred yesterday morning.
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