The controversial Poolbeg waste incinerator in Dublin looks set to go ahead this year after the State’s public private partnership financial watchdog approved the project.
Councillors in Dublin City Council were told yesterday evening that the National Development Finance Agency had issued a value for money certificate yesterday for the 600,000-tonne waste-to-energy plant, tghe agency’s approval was the final hurdle before the council, which has had planning permission for the plant since 2007, could give the go-ahead to Covanta, the US firm contracted to build and run it..”
Controversial Poolbeg incinerator plan set to proceed (Irish Times)
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My only objection to this is the location, and not because of any health concerns, but because of access for lorries. It should be on the M50.
It’s at the end of the port tunnel.
Does the Port Tunnel now end in Poolbeg?
Last time I checked it was at the East Wall on the other side of the Liffey
“Other side of the liffey” makes it sound miles away. In reality all that’s between poolbeg and the tunnel is a kilometre or two of wasteland. I cross the eastlink every day, I’ll be able to see poolbeg out my upstairs window about 2 or 3 kilometres away as the crow flies and I’ve no problem with it. The transport inferstructure is there and it’s on the main electrical grid. People need to stop whinging!
The lorries may indeed be a problem.
But each year there are huge bonfires full of burning tyres over on the adjacent park, right by the GAA club. The incremental dioxins from the incinerator probably equal about 30 seconds of one of those bonfires.
I think the backhanders were passed even before the M50 existed.
Werent the councils tied into contracts to supply waste to the incinerator, with penalties if they failed to reach supply qoutas? Also signed before they doled those contracts out to panda and greyhound. Itll also be run by a private, non resident company. So on all fronts its a badly needed facility that had great scope to make things better for us all but is now a bureaucratic mess. Fukn typical.
Lovely stuff that concrete, big money..
Mind you; got to keep the factory running.
Can’t just stop it.
Madness putting it there, that’ll be premium city land within 10 years, dublin port and industrial building do not belong down there
You’re making the mad assumption that any politician has ever cared about the future. There’s money to be made now and now is the only thing that matters!
finally a sensible approach to handling waste.
A pity John Gormley held it up unnecessarily – pure Green anti-science idiocy
Not really though. The entire project is only coming to fruition because of corruption. Now, I actually agree with the incinerator being built. But the process around it is a declaration to all politicians that Irish laws do not apply to them and to come and take what they can.
“Corruption” – man up and make your case.
Ireland’s waste policy has been third world up to now – the politicans haven’t the guts to face down the middle class burghers of Sandymount more concerned with property values than sensible waste policy
The same people bitching about this are the first to bitch about landfill. People need to grow up.
you think there’s only two solutions? That’s grown up alright.
Because grown ups accept corruption, bad planning and poorly conceived waste management policies as a fact of life. Practically our motto.
you are a tedious troll
Why. Because I have a different point of view than you? Everyone here is bandying around the word corruption on here like its a fact. There’s no evidence of corruption in this. Just a long needed move away from landfill. Boo hoo that it might have a negligible negative impact of d4 residents.
no because on every single thread in which you comment you are a contrarian. you are probably correct to say there is no ‘evidence’ of corruption here other than in my view at least, an overall systemic contempt for the public good. while it is true there are incinerators in other cities i would have to ask why this is necessary in a heavily populated area? why take a stance on something easy to consider alternatives for when there is a fair degree of opposition? that is why people yell ‘corruption’ i think
Fair enough. And good spot on my contrary comments, buts it’s only cos I don’t generally do +1’s.
building looks like something out of Command & Conquer.
Affirmative.
How many other great cities have an incinerator at the centre of their port entrance?
Ha! Dublin a “great city”, get over your self!!
If they are determined that the project goes forward, they could do worse than give Bjarke Ingels a call. Dublin needs a ski-slope in the harbour… http://www.designboom.com/architecture/bjarke-ingels-group-bigs-amagerforbraending-ski-slope-incinerator/
Go for it.
Copenhagen’s new 100 meter heigh city centre incinerator is to double as a ski slope, I know unreal their building a second “city centre” incinerator, “it’s Mad Ted”