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5th June 2012 • Volume 19, Issue 19 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • ISDN 8139966 • Tel: 8•400•200
Furious Lusk Residents Slam Sewage Proposals Lusk Waste Watchers held a public meeting on Tuesday 29th May last to update locals on the proposed Monster Sewage treatment plant. Two of the proposed locations are in the Lusk areas at Newtowncorduff and Annsbrook. Local residents turned out in great numbers and were very angry at the proposals. Residents from Dun Emer estate, who did not wish to be identified, were “horrified” at the proposals. They said Lusk is “being put upon as we already have a prison and a dump and no other community in Ireland has that.” Margaret O’Connor and Maria Graham were very concerned about the smell the plant would bring and the potential damage to agriculture and tourism. Paul O’Brien said the proposals were a
By Peter Kearney “big disappointment” as “the North County is very scenic.” Lorcan O’Toole, of Lusk Waste Watchers, said the proposed Sewage Plant for the area “is not justified anywhere in the North County.” O’Toole feels it would be “too much burden for our community to bear.” He noted that during the 2011 General Election campaign, Minister Reilly campaigned on the slogan “This area needs a Minister.” O’Toole would like to ask Minister Reilly “What are you doing for us James?” Since his election, the North County has lost Metro North and is now faced with a Monster Sewage treatment plant on its doorstep. Deputy Mayor, Ken Farrell said, “for too long the people of the North County have been seen as a soft touch. He stated “there is no economic sense in running a pipeline from the city of Dublin to the North County where there is no sewage problem.” He continued “the people are united in their resistance to these proposals.” Meanwhile, a protest took place the following day at County Hall to coincide with the first of the consultation days. A group from the Reclaim Fingal Alliance were in attendance and
Pictured having fun with Billy the goat at Newbridge House and Farm during the recent good spell of weather are, Cillian O'Mara (Malahide), Kate Collins (Malahide), Sarah Collins (Malahide), Laura Burke (Malahide), Jill O'Mara (Donabate) and Hannah Collins (Malahide).
their spokesperson, Berniann Condon was convinced that the Council will ignore all submissions made to date. She told the County Leader, “We’re six months into making submissions and are we having a problem getting the consultation team to listen to us. They’re manipulating population projections to justify this monster sewage plant. Furthermore, they have done no cost benefit analysis for the project. In order to move tons of sewage from the Dublin area, it will take kilometres of orbital pipe; as much as 45 kilometres will be needed. With each kilometre costing € 10m, this amounts to a massive €450m before they get to the plant. The cost of the plant and the marine outfall is still unknown.” She urged a return to small plants beside the load centres, which make sense from an environmental and cost point of view.
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The recent water leak on the Forest Road in Swords has come as no surprise to many local residents. The repair of this leak caused traffic chaos for residents of River Valley and surrounding estates and has been a source of anger for many local residents. This leak seems to occur at the exact same place, beside Colaiste Choilm on a regular basis. During the disruption, long queues of traffic caused massive congestion at Boroimhe, as users of the
By Patrick Finnegan Forest Road were forced to divert through this area on their way to and from work. The question asked by many residents in the area is when is this problem going to be solved for once and for all.? One exasperated resident, Fergal Horan from Ballintrane Wood, contacted the County Leader to express his anger and frustration at this latest closure of Forest Road. “It’s ridiculous. This is becoming
an annual event at least. I’d prefer to have the road closed for a week or two and have it done right, rather than these two or three day closures once a year.” He continued, “It’s the same spot over and over and you’d have to wonder if it’s the same pipe bursting all the time. What are the engineers doing.? This is an incredible waste of money,” he said. Local residents have expressed amazement that pipes are bursting in the middle of summer, when there has been no big freeze or any apparent reason for it to happen. They ask what is causing the pipes to burst on such a regular basis and who is at fault. Is the North County now becoming akin to a third world country.? Continued on page 13
Consultation days will take place on Thursday 14th June from 2-8pm and Saturday 16th June from 11-4pm. The final date for submissions on the proposed plant is Friday 6th July. Residents in the North County are encouraged to ask questions of the Council, at these open days, and to use them to voice their opposition to the proposals.
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