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GRANTING a licence allowing Irish Cement to burn waste material instead of fossil fuels at its Castlemungret plant has been condemned as a “retrograde decision” by Deputy Cathal Crowe.
The Environmental Protection Agency has given Irish Cement the green light to proceed with its €10 million plan to change its production process.
In 2018, An Bord Pleanala granted the go-ahead to Irish Cement to construct the buildings, which would be used for the storage of the materials and the granting of a licence was a major boost for the company plans.
This development, which supports 105 full time positions at the factory, has been opposed by a number of local environmental campaigners, Deputy Cathal Crowe and anti-incineration lobby group Limerick Against Pollution (LAP).
SHARING OPTIONS:
The asking price for the 97.36ac at Tarbert is €1.1m and a strong offer has now been made for the farm.
The Sherry Fitzgerald group is very busy at present with a good number of farms on the books.
On 19 May, at 12pm the group will auction 94ac of good-quality land at Ballyvarney, Co Kildare.
In the past, all of this land was used for tillage. It’s now in a mix of grass and stubble.
The asking price is €950,000 which is the equivalent of €10,100/ac. Auctioneer Philip Guckian said that the property has 140 mature beech trees which add to its appeal.
Limerick council joins partnership to realise full potential of green energy economy
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MOU: Pat Slattery, Tipperary County Council; Liam Conneally, Clare County Council; Vincent Murray, Limerick City and County Council with Eamonn Murphy, Chair of the Mid-West Regional Enterprise Plan );
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LIMERICK City and County Council has announced a new partnership to examine ways to fully realise the potential of the region when it come to the green digital economy.
The region is approaching a ‘once in a generation’ opportunity to transform itself and the economic opportunities provided to its residents.
A coordinated regional approach is underway to maximise the regional benefits that can be gained from the significant renewable energy potential off the Atlantic coast.
A rescue operation was mounted in the Shannon Estuary this afternoon after a kayaker was reported to have capsized off Rinneville, north west of Kilcredaun.
The Kilrush RNLI lifeboat and Kilkee unit of the Irish Coast Guard were tasked to the incident at around 3.30pm. It was reported that a person was holding onto a kayak in Rinneville Bay and appeared to be in difficulty.
The RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew launched and raced to the scene while Coast Guard members from Kilkee travelled to the location by road.
The lifeboat crew arrived on scene at 3.55pm and located the casualty making their way toward the shore. As the lifeboat was restricted by the depth of the water, the Kilkee unit of the Irish Coast Guard was notified of the location and met the casualty on the shore.