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Crime and Courts

Mattress dumping at beauty spot on Limerick-Clare border condemned as 'despicable'

THE illegal dumping of around a dozen mattresses at a beauty spot on the outskirts of Limerick city has been described as “despicable” by a local councillor. Cllr Cathal Crowe has launched an appeal to help identity those who dumped the mattresses ...

07 Jun 2017 at 11:24

Local News

Buried chemicals in County Limerick investigation continues a year after exposé

AN INVESTIGATION into barrels of chemicals buried in County Limerick and the possible links to a cancer spike in the locality is continuing a year after the Limerick Leader exposed it. Whistleblowers contacted Deputy Niall Collins and this ...

22 Jul 2018 at 06:00

Local News

Limerick Council foots part of bill for rebranding of bring banks nationwide

LIMERICK City and County Council paid REPAK more than €100,000 as a contribution towards the rebranding of 10,000 recycling bring banks across the country, it can be revealed. The monies, which totalled €110,000, were paid out by the ...

29 Jul 2018 at 11:00

Crime and Courts

'Out of control': Enforcement notice issued over Bunratty dumping

CLARE County Council has confirmed that it has issued an enforcement notice for alleged illegal dumping in the Bunratty East area. It is understood that the rubbish being dumped relates to demolition waste including rubble, steel, ...

17 Dec 2017 at 12:00

Local News

Foynes should be ‘a priority’ for sewerage scheme, says Limerick councillor

FOYNES should be a priority for a sewerage treatment plant, Cllr Kevin Sheahan has declared, pointing out that raw sewage is flowing into the Shannon at the port village. And he also cited Shanagolden where sewage is captured in ...

20 Jan 2019 at 11:00

Local News

Chemicals secretly buried in County Limerick dug up and then left ‘a field away’

LIMERICK council dug up secretly buried barrels of chemicals - that locals fear is linked to a spike in cancer – and then left the material just a field away, the Leader has learned. It was revealed last week that the secretly ...

20 Jan 2019 at 06:00

Local News

Illegal dumping a ‘stain’ on Limerick city as crackdown is called for

ILLEGAL dumping is a “stain” on Limerick and more funding must be allocated in a bid to prevent it, according to a Limerick local election candidate. Three bags of rubbish and a bicycle were recently dumped by the Rhebogue ...

14 Jan 2019 at 16:00

Local News

Secretly buried chemicals in County Limerick dug up but ‘questions remain’: TD

THE COUNCIL has removed barrels of secretly buried chemicals a year and a half after it was exposed by the Limerick Leader. Whistleblowers contacted Deputy Niall Collins and this newspaper in May 2017 with the alarming ...

11 Jan 2019 at 19:00

Local News

Untreated waste water being discharged in County Limerick areas

RAW, untreated sewage continues to enter the Shannon at Glin and Foynes every day, according to a report released by the Environmental Protection Agency. The two villages, which are on the Wild Atlantic Way, are among ...

23 Oct 2018 at 10:38

Much adoodoo about poo: Instagrammer slams Limerick city's dog waste problem

Local News

Much adoodoo about poo: Instagrammer slams Limerick's dog waste problem

THE LATE iconic Limerick painter Sean Keating once described his native city as “a medieval dung heap” in a television interview. That is clearly not the case today, but one ardent Instagrammer has been taking to the ...

28 May 2018 at 16:02

Planning

EPA slated over ‘phantom inspection’ of sewage in County Limerick town

LIMERICK councillor Kevin Sheahan has slated the Environmental Protection Agency for their report into ongoing sewage problems in Askeaton. “They had the audacity to say there was no evidence of raw sewage going ...

02 Apr 2018 at 10:00

Business

Limerick Council hoping new laws increase bin use

LIMERICK City and County Council, together with the Southern Region Waste Management office is changing its waste by-laws in a bid to improve collection rates. At this week’s environmental committee meeting, ...

16 Dec 2017 at 16:00

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