HUNDREDS ATTEND KILCONNELL MEETING ON SEPTIC TANKS CHARGE

Date Published: 11-Aug-2011

Over 300 people attended a public meeting in Kilconnell last night amid fears that a septic tank inspection charge of up to €300 could be imposed in the next two months.The meeting organised by MEP Marian Harkin is the first of twelve meetings which will be held in the constituency of Connaught / Ulster.She told last night's meeting that Ireland didn't comply with a European directive on septic tanks in 1975 and rural people should not be subjected to the charges.