Toxic fuel waste dumped in the area

The toxic diesel sludge being removed from Stephenstown Pond in Knockbridge on Saturday

Around 2,000 litres of toxic fuel laundering waste was discovered dumped in the north of the county this morning.

Two cubes of the toxic waste were found in the Dungooley area of Kilcurry.

The discovery follows the dumping of 3,000 litres of the oil laundering waste at the entrance to Stephenstown Pond on Saturday.

One of the three cubes dumped there were leaking with local county councillor Declan Breathnach hitting out at those responsible.

He said: “This is the fifth such occurrence in as many months at this location.

This location is close to a watercourse that flows into the River Fane, which supplies Dundalk and environs with public drinking water. Shame on those responsible for such activities.”

Green accuses council of letting Greenacres residents down over rubbish dumping problem

Cllr Jennifer Green beside some of the dumped rubbish in Greenacres

Local election candidate, Sinn Féin councillor Jennifer Green has accused the council of letting people down in the Greenacres area as local residents battle a rubbish dumping problem.

Residents of the estate, located off the Avenue Road, have been plagued with continuous dumping in an alleyway at the back of their houses.

Cllr Green went to look at the problem recent and said she was shocked when she saw the volume of rubbish left.

“It’s disgusting! The smell is overpowering and as a mum, I fear for the children playing in the area as there is quite a number of broken glass bottles along with dirty nappies, general house waste and used condoms. Not only that, but there is also a couch. It beggars belief. The rubbish is scattered the whole way along the alleyway. This type of rubbish attracts vermin and is a health and safety issue to people in the surrounding area.”

Cllr. Green explained: “I got the residents on board to do a clean-up of the area which is really above the call of duty for them as it wasn’t their rubbish in the first place. But talking to the residents it’s very obvious that they have great pride in their community and want to do what they can to address this issue and clean the area up. I duly contacted the council to arrange a clean up with the residents only to be told that the council wouldn’t provide us with any equipment and would not help us to take the rubbish away as it was on private ground.

“This has infuriated me as the council are constantly promoting Tidy Towns and cleaning up of the town. It strikes me as this rubbish is out of sight so it doesn’t matter to the council and the people have to deal with it. This is unacceptable. Are the people in Greenacres not entitled to have a tidy and clean estate just because they are not as visible as the town centre?”

Cllr Green concluded by saying: “Sinn Fein are fighting for better provision of public services and this is yet another example of how the council is letting the tax payer down. This is unacceptable.”

Toxic diesel sludge discovered dumped at Ballykelly

Three containers of diesel sludge have been found dumped at the ESB substation at Ballykelly on the Carrickmacross-Dundalk Road, close to Louth Village.

Louth County Council were notified of the discovery this morning, with experts on site shortly afterwards to deal with the problem.

This is the 19^th time so far this year that toxic fuel waste has been found dumped at various locations around the country.

Around 50,000 litres has had to be disposed of so far with 28,000 litres of this being dumped at the ESB substation at Ballykelly. People in this area are asked to be vigilant of people dumping items here as so far the cost of disposing of the sludge has cost Louth County Council €45,000.

Not exactly ‘suckin diesel’

The trailer found on the Armagh Road

A trailer containing fuel laundering waste has been found abandoned on the Armagh Road in Dundalk today.

Worryingly the substance in the trailer is leaking close to a storm drain.

This is just one of a number of similar instances to occur in the area in recent weeks and follows on from the raid of a fuel-laundering plant in Jonesborough, Co Armagh on Friday.

The sludge leaking from the trailer