KILCONNELL RESIDENTS DETERMINED TO FIGHT ASBESTOS PROPOSAL

Date Published: 11-Nov-2009

All of Ireland's asbestos waste currently being exported to Germany could shortly be sent to an East Galway dump, a meeting in Kilconnell heard last night.

The meeting, was organised by local councillor Tim Broderick.

The Environmental Protection Agency intends giving a licence to Greenstar to take in three thousand tonnes of asbestos waste annually for the next six years.

The public has until next Monday to make submissions on the proposal.