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Court gives green light to challenge Cork plastic factory

January 21st, 2019 A local campaign group was granted leave this morning in the High Court to judicially review An Bord Pleanála’s (ABP) decision to grant planning permission for a plastic factory in Skibbereen, Co Cork. The case brought by the Save Our Skibbereen (SOS) campaign group court is now Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 5 yearsJanuary 21, 2019 ago
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Plastic factory permission contrary to proper planning, finds inspector

December 7th, 2018 On Monday, An Bord Pleanála (ABP) granted permission to Daly Products Ltd to construct a plastic factory in Poundlick, Skibbereen, Co Cork. The judgement, postponed twice during the summer, was long-awaited by those who had appealed the County Council’s original approval of the proposed facility. The Board’s Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 5 yearsDecember 7, 2018 ago
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Cork campaigners call for long overdue plastic factory planning decision

October 5th, 2018 Local campaigners against a proposed plastic factory in Skibbereen have called for a speedy decision from An Bord Pleanála (ABP) on their appeal of the factory’s planning permission. The planning authority had initially scheduled July 28 as the official date to issue their final decision, but it Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 5 yearsOctober 5, 2018 ago
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From Canada with love: Plastic pollution campaigner on his way to Skibbereen

August 8th, 2018 From Canada with love, environmentalist Bryan McNeil is on his way to Skibbereen to show his solidarity with local opponents of a proposed plastic factory in the area. McNeil who led a relentless and successful campaign against plastic pollution in his hometown of Guelph, Ontario, is now Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 5 yearsAugust 8, 2018 ago
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Skibbereen residents fearful of plastic factory impact on everyday life

March 21st, 2018 Simon Lockwood and his two children live in a blue-painted house in one of the greenest, most secluded parts of Poundlick, Skibbereen. Except for the occasional bark of a neighbour’s dog or the chirping of birds nothing interrupts the sound of silence that surrounds his home. Lockwood, Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 6 yearsMarch 21, 2018 ago
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