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15th November 2011 • Volume 18, Issue 33 • Leader House, North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin. • ISDN 8139966 • Tel: 8•400•200
Landowner Blasts Council The fallout from the building of the proposed new Super Sewage Plant in the North County showed its human face, when one of the landowners involved spoke to the County Leader about the resultant stress he and his family are enduring.
By Patrick Finnegan Nicholas Jones farms land at Newtowncorduff and part of his holding is one of the designated sites where the Super Sewage Plant may be located. He has worked this farm for the past 59 years and is utterly distressed at the news that 14 acres of his
land is likely to be taken from him. “What I object to is that we were told that the plant will cater for a population of 700,000 plus. It does not, however cater for the sewage needs of this area. We don’t want everyone else’s sewage,” he said.
The proposed site is directly behind Nicholas’s home, between the M1 motorway and the old N1 and he maintains that the prevailing
wind blows from the new site to his home. He said, “This means that the inevitable stink will engulf our home, Corduff National School, as well as Dun Emer housing estate in Lusk.” Jones’s daughter, Fionnuala Girvin was adamant that this will pose a genuine health hazard, especially to the school children at Corduff School,” she said. Nicholas told this newspaper that he can smell the tyres and petrol fumes
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are under. “The stress is unbearable. I’m four months pregnant and the worry my parents are enduring is having an
“My son couldn’t get planning permission to build a house on my land and had to emigrate to Canada as a result. The reason why planning permission was refused was - wait for it- problems over sewage” from the MI motorway at his home, and the new Super Sewage Plant is nearer than the motorway, meaning only one thing, “the smell will be overpowering.” Fionnuala spoke of the strain she and her family
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huge effect on me. Their land that they worked so hard to provide a living for us is now likely to be taken away,” an obviously distressed Fionnuala said.” Jones pointed to the Nevitt Super Dump, about a
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mile in the distance and reminded me that Balleally landfill is another mile or so in the opposite direction. The Naul proposed site for the Toxic Ash plant is also visible from his house. “I received a registered letter in the post telling me that my land was to be considered as suitable for the Super Sewage Plant. They told me it would be alright,” he said. His daughter Fionnuala was less convinces and said: “but all Fingal County Council sewage plants smell.”
Jones was told when he contacted Peter O’Reilly, the chief engineer for the project about mobile sewage, that he did not rule it out to my satisfaction. This could potentially mean that sewage may be transported from all over the country to the new plant,” he said worriedly. Nicholas is adamant that the fact that seven of the parcels of land are so close together is a clever ploy by the council to divide and conquer. It is designed to get people fighting amongst themselves.