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LICENCE
TO THRILL - Fundraiser for CHASE
A Bond and Beautiful evening tieing in
with the 50th Anniversary of the 1st James Bond
Movie. Come to support CHASE or
just to have fun. See http://www.bondandbeautiful.com
for details.
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20
Oct 2012 - Indaver Arrogance is
Shocking – 3rd Application Underway
See:
CHASE statement, Irish
Examiner, Letter,
Irish
Times, Speech
by Jackie Keaney (Commercial Director MSW, at
9th National Waste Management Summit). |
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19
Oct 2012 - Indaver beat a last
minute retreat from high court - Indaver
have surrendered their High Court judicial review
case which was listed to being on Tuesday 23rd October
and scheduled to run for five days. Read
more. See Irish
Examiner. |
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10
Sept 2012 - Indaver U-TURN with
new pre-application consultations a breach of trust
Indaver have surprised local residents with revelations
that they are once again in ‘pre-application
consultations’ with An Bord Pleanala for their
Ringaskiddy site, contrary to assurances given by
Indaver that whatever the final outcome of the 2008
application, the company would accept it as final.
Read more. |
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High
Court Indaver v. Bord Pleanala
The case has been listed for hearing on October
23rd 2012. Five days have been allocated to the
hearing.
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March
2012-More fundraising as CHASE votes for High Court
representation
This decision will allow CHASE to support
An Bord Pleanala which is strongly defending its
planning refusal. The Boards Statement of Opposition,
presented to the High Court on February 13th, 2012
strongly dismisses any breach or error in law. Read
more |
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Nov
2011-Judicial Review of Indaver Ireland vs An Bord
Pleanala and Cork County Council
Indaver Ireland are challenging the decision made
by ABP in 2011 to refuse planning permission to
build two incinerators in Ringaskiddy ,Co.Cork.
CHASE will be present in court on 13th. Dec to support
and defend the Board’s decision to refuse
planning permission to Indaver Ireland. Read
more |
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Laura
Burkes Appointment Seals Cosy Cartel
09-11-11 - Today’s appointment of Laura Burke,
former Project Manager with Indaver Ireland, as
Director General of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) blasts the credibility of the EPA into
oblivion, and exposes continuing government allegiance
to developers and industry over and above environmental
protection.
Read press release
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HONEYMOON
IS OVER - Indaver Ignore site Unsuitability and
Go For Judicial Review
23-07-11 - Yesterdays announcement by Indaver Ireland
that they are mounting a High Court challenge to
An Bord Pleanala’s decision to refuse planning
for their 2 incinerators at Ringaskiddy shows Indaver
have no regard for good planning.
Read press release
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COMMUNITIES
CELEBRATE - Permission refused after 10 year battle
10-06-11 - An Bord Pleanala have today refused permission
to Indaver Ireland to build hazardous and municipal
waste incinerators at Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, plans
for which were initially announced by Indaver in
April 2001.
Read press release,
media articles,
ABP
decision, photos |
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ECJ
rules against Ireland
The European Court Of Justice has rules against
Ireland on foot of complaints filed By CHASE. The
ruling poses a real problem for An Bord Pleanala
in the Indaver Ringaskiddy incinerator case.
Read press release |
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HSE
step up and make formal their concerns
about indaver project - CHASE Challenges Maritime
College and MERC3 Partners To Protect Public Monies
And Object To Incinerator Given HSE Concern
Read press release |
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Indaver
Revised Planning Application
Submissions/observations on Indaver's revised planning
application for a toxic waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy
were being accepted by ABP up until February 16th
2011. Here are some of the submissions:
HSE
- Health Promotion Manager
Chief
Emergency Management Officer - South
HSE
- Environmental Health Service
CHASE
submission(1) 26-10-10
CHASE
submission (2) 27-10-10
CHASE
Submission (3) 14-02-11
Shane
Bennett & co. Report
Media
reports (Irish Examiner & Irish times)
CHASE
summary and Challenges for Election Candidates
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Frontline
discusses incineration
On Monday 1st November, Frontline brought together
community campaigners against incineraors and pylons
and the companies involved.
Click here
to see programme. Click here
to view and make comments. |
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CHASE
respond to Indaver application
CHASE has submitted an official response to Indaver's
revised application submitted in August 2010.
Click here
for submission. Click here
and here
for associated documents. |
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Cork
County Council Pass Motion of Dissatisfaction at
Indaver Response to An Bord Pleanala
Councillors at todays County Council Meeting (26
Oct 2010) passed a motion that Indaver Irelands
revised plans do not meet any of the concerns expressed
by the Council in their 2009 report to An Bord Pleanala
on the applications.
Read more |
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Community
requests for extension to 27 Oct deadline denied
– Community given 6 weeks, Indaver given 6
months
Requests to An Bord Pleanala to grant an extension
to community groups opposing Indavers application
to build two incinerators in Ringaskiddy have been
refused, despite the fact that Indaver’s requests
for extra time in April 2010 were facilited with
over 3 months extension until August 3 2010, on
top of an initial 3 month period.
Read more |
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Indaver
application must be treated as new
CHASE are disappointed at tactics used by Indaver
Ireland who were asked by An Bord Pleanala to submit
proposed mitigation measures in regard to coastal
erosion and flooding at Ringaskiddy site. Instead,
Indaver have sumitted a completely changed physical
structure.
Read
more |
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Ireland
in EU court over planning laws breach
European Court of Justice opens hearings in significant
challenge by EC to Ireland’s alleged failure
to implement European planning laws. Read
more |
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Incinerator
Site Submerged Again
Burst Water Main Blocks Car Access to Haulbowline,
necessitating the ferrying by truck of naval personnel
to Haulbowline and leaving over 180 cars stranded
on the road beside the proposed Indaver incinerator
site.
Press Release |
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CHASE
refers An Bord Pleanala to EC
CHASE has today referred the granting of yet another
extension by An Bord Pleanala to Indaver Ireland
to the European Commission.
Press Release Irish
Examiner |
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Bord
Peanala to Kill Municipal Waste Incinerator but
Give Second Bite of Cherry on Hazardous Waste Incinerator
Indications in a letter sent to Indaver by an Bord
Pleanala are that permission will be refused for
a 150,000 tonne Municipal Waste Incinerator in Ringaskiddy,
but that they are considering the granting of permission
for a 100,000 tonne Hazardous Waste Incinerator
(for 5 years), pending submission of further information
with regard to works to flooding, coastal erosion,
and revised emissions.
See CHASE Press
Release. See
RTE News. See media
reports |
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Hammond
Lane Explosion Highlights Need For Planning Sanity
Several Units of the Firebrigade struggled for over
an hour and a half to bring flames from an explosion
at the Hammond Lane metalworks in Ringaskiddy under
control this evening (22nd December). The Hammond
Lane site is enclosed on three sides by the site
on which Indaver Ireland plan to build hazardous
and municipal waste incinerators.
Read press release.
See
RTE video. See News
stories.
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Incinerator Site Falls Foul Of New Flood Planning
Guidelines
The proposed site for
Indavers two incinerators in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork,
falls foul of the statutory Flood Planning Guidelines
issued yesterday (30 Nov 2009).
Read more.
See
News relase and guidelines. |
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Indaver
Incinerator Site Flooded Again
The proposed site for
the Ringaskiddy incinerator flooded once again with
the heavy rains in November.
Read more.
Read letters to media.
See Indymedia. |
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Living
with and learning lessons from the floods
The precautionary principle
is an essential component for the future; we must
be ultra cautious about placing infrastructure or
housing in any areas with a flood history and be
conscious that areas above the floodplain may become
high risk in the future.
Extract
from article by Prof John Sweeney. Read
more. |
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PART 2
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Thur
18th June - After a five week Oral Hearing,
An Bord Pleanala Inspector Oznur Yucel-Finn heard
closing submissions from Community Representatives,
Statutory Bodies, Indaver and CHASE. Read
more.
Wed
17th June - Maritime College Lecturer Says
Incinerators Will Negatively Impact College - Department
of Environment Recommends Bond to Cover Ecological
Restoration In Case of Accident. Read
more.
Tue
16th June - Expert Estimates Incinerator
Health Burden to Cost Community €150m, debunks
Incinerator Efficiency, and Says Question Mark Hangs
Over Bottom Ash Classification. Read
more.
Mon
15th June - Distances Claimed As Safe In
Application Will Be Regarded By Emergency Response
Agencies As Well Inside Danger Zone. Read
more.
Thur
11th June - Epidemiologist Says EIS Should
Be Withdrawn Due to Plagiarism. Ireland Still Not
Equipped To Monitor Human Health. Read
more.
Wed
10th June - CIT Students Union President
Corrects Indaver And Hammers Home Objection. An
Taisce claims the site location at Ringaskiddy as
“wholly unsuitable”. Read
more.
Tue
9th June - Leading Toxico-Pathologist Says
No Filtering on Incinerators for Unregulated Deadly
Nanoparticles. Prof
C Vyvyan challenges incinerator risk study.
Read more.
Mon
8th June - Oral Hearing resumes at Cork
International Airport Hotel. CHASE Chairperson Says
Incinerator Wrong On Every Level. David Stanton,
TD, Outlines Government Policy Changes. Read
more. |
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PART 1
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Thurs
14th May - Hydrogeological Expert Says
Site On Most Vulnerable Coast In Ireland - Coastal
Erosion Will Eventually Undermine Incinerator Structure
- Office Of Public Works Confirm Site Vulnerability.
Read more.
Wed
13th May - Cork Auctioneer says Incinerator
development will effect property prices. Read
more.
Tue
12th May - Dutch Paediatrician Warns Of
Dioxin Damage At Low Doses - Top UCC Professor Speaks
Out for People of Cobh - Midwives Warn of Danger
to Breast Fed Babies. Read
more.
Mon
11th May - City and Council Engineers
concur that there is no need for proposed incinerators
at Ringaskiddy. Both Councils are on target to meet
landfill diversion targets without recourse to incineration.
Read more. |
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Does
Ireland need to build incinerators?
"The conclusion that Community waste legislation
obliges or will oblige Member States to build incinerators
is, however, incorrect, and appears to be a misinterpretation
of the obligations to properly manage the Irish
waste." - EU Commission Q&A. Read
more. |
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INDAVER
ARE BACK
iNDAVER Ireland has lodged an application
for TWO new incinerators in Cork Harbour - their
original permission for ONE incinerator having recently
expired.
See
CHASE submission
to An Bord Pleanala re planning application. Also
see call for
submissions. |
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Dr.
Dominic Hogg addresses EPA Conference
Sept. '07 - CHASE welcomes this initiative and hopes
it marks the beginning of a process to look seriously
at Ireland’s waste management requirements
for the next 20 years. Read
more |
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Alternatives
to incineration ARE available
April '07 - Report by Dr. Dominic Hogg (for Greenstar)
claims that State has failed to consider alternatives
to incineration. Read
more |
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OTHER
NEWS
Energy
from Waste - the Myths Debunked
Haulbowline
Island Toxic waste health issues website and blog
corkharbour.ie
-Integrated Information Resource for Cork Harbour
Haulbowline
Cleanup Update - Nov 2011
See also Haulbowline
Project, Cork County Council |
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