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# poolbeg - Thursday 11 April, 2019
Plans for 25% of Poolbeg Glass Bottle site to be mix of social and affordable housing welcomed
The planning permission will see that close to 900 social and affordable homes will be built on the site.
# poolbeg - Tuesday 26 February, 2019
A faulty sewage tank caused effluent to pour into Dublin Bay over the weekend
The fault occured at the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant.
# poolbeg - Sunday 27 May, 2018
Why a historic site next to the Poolbeg Towers could become Dublin's newest cultural hub
A motion from the Green Party seeks to secure the Pigeon House Precinct for cultural and green uses.
# poolbeg - Wednesday 18 April, 2018
'Intense discussions' underway to deliver 900 affordable homes on Poolbeg site
A public hearing on the plan is due this month.
# poolbeg - Tuesday 28 November, 2017
Poolbeg incinerator facing charges of breaking its licence at Dublin 4 site
Dublin Waste to Energy has two months to decide how to plead.
# poolbeg - Friday 14 July, 2017
The Poolbeg incinerator has started burning again after accident that hospitalised staff
The EPA also last week found a “moderate” infestation of flies at the site.
# poolbeg - Saturday 8 July, 2017
'It's disgusting': Fly infestation plagues Dublin residents and businesses
Locals say they have never seen anything like this number of flies before; one person described it as ‘biblical’.
# poolbeg - Friday 7 July, 2017
The EPA is taking legal action after the lime leak at the Poolbeg incinerator
While 11 staff were hospitalised, Covanta said that no members of the public were in danger from the incident.
# poolbeg - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
Parents gather to discuss effect of 'incredibly stupid' Poolbeg incinerator
The activist group ‘Parents Against the Incinerator’ are holding a meeting this evening. Here’s a bit of what will be discussed.
# poolbeg - Wednesday 14 June, 2017
Waste-burning suspended after lime-leak at Poolbeg incinerator
Last week, eleven workers were taken to hospital following an ‘unscheduled’ release of lime.
# poolbeg - Monday 12 June, 2017
Dublin City councillors want real-time emissions data from the Poolbeg incinerator
Three investigations are ongoing after eleven workers at the plant were taken to hospital last week.
# poolbeg - Friday 9 June, 2017
Emissions data from first week of activity at Poolbeg incinerator yet to be published
Yesterday, 11 people were treated at hospital after an ‘uncontrolled release’ in the newly-opened plant.
# poolbeg - Thursday 8 June, 2017
'We need clean air. We do not need accidents': Locals' fury as 11 incinerator staff hospitalised
Locals say they are concerned after yesterday’s lime leak.
# poolbeg - Monday 5 June, 2017
Up and running: 'First fire' of waste at controversial Poolbeg incinerator
The facility has started burning waste – two decades after it was first proposed.
# poolbeg - Friday 19 May, 2017
More than a quarter of homes in Poolbeg will be social and affordable housing
The deal was made between the city council, Department of Housing and the developers.
# poolbeg - Monday 24 April, 2017
The controversial Poolbeg incinerator has taken its first delivery of waste
The facility will fire up this weekend.
# poolbeg - Sunday 2 April, 2017
'I suppose we're f****** stuck with it': The Poolbeg incinerator is starting production
After years of holdups, the controversial plant is set to start burning waste this month.
# poolbeg - Monday 5 December, 2016
ESB to step up security after teenager climbs Poolbeg chimney
A video has emerged of a Danish teenager climbing one of the landmark towers.
A teenager climbed the Poolbeg chimneys and filmed the entire thing
The ESB aren’t happy with him.
# poolbeg - Tuesday 24 May, 2016
Strike ends at Dublin incinerator after management agrees to reinstate sacked workers
It’s understood the strike had taken place as a result of three workers being let go from their jobs by text message last Friday.
# poolbeg - Friday 20 May, 2016
Plans for 3,000 homes on Dublin glass bottle site
Planning minister Simon Coveney has designated the huge site a strategic development zone.
# poolbeg - Thursday 30 April, 2015
10 great photos of the Poolbeg chimneys
A lot of you are glad to see that they’re staying.
# poolbeg - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
The Poolbeg chimneys are staying on the Dublin skyline
The ESB is keeping them, even though they don’t do anything.
# poolbeg - Thursday 5 February, 2015
People are loving this photographer's clever mirror image of Poolbeg towers
“I dragged my bedroom mirror down looking for an interesting image… my right arm is now two inches longer than my left!”
# poolbeg - Thursday 23 October, 2014
These politicians want to know why they got legal advice they didn't ask for
The Public Accounts Committee was told it can’t question Irish Water boss John Tierney
# poolbeg - Tuesday 21 October, 2014
Work has started on the Poolbeg incinerator - but there's already a protest planned
The plant is being built by US energy company Covanta.
# poolbeg - Monday 22 September, 2014
Councillors receive official notice of Poolbeg incinerator contract - 3 days after it was signed
The council CEO is understood to have described it as an “oversight” on his part not to inform the councillors sooner.
# poolbeg - Sunday 21 September, 2014
Councillors surprised and shocked to hear work will begin soon on Poolbeg incinerator
One councillor said it would have been “good manners and good practice” to contact them.
# poolbeg - Monday 8 September, 2014
"The fight's not over yet": Councillors vote against Poolbeg incinerator plan
The majority of Dublin City councillors and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown councillors voted against, while Fingal councillors voted in favour of the plan.
# poolbeg - Friday 5 September, 2014
Poolbeg incinerator is set to go ahead
The €500 million incinerator will process over 550,000 tonnes of waste each year.
# poolbeg - Tuesday 5 August, 2014
Ever wondered what it looks like inside the Poolbeg chimneys?
Wonder no longer.
# poolbeg - Tuesday 22 July, 2014
The fog is back, folks... But temperatures are set to soar again tomorrow
It’s set to hit 27 degrees tomorrow…. Almost puts you in mind of the great heatwave of 2013, doesn’t it? Ah, the memories.
# poolbeg - Monday 14 July, 2014
Emergency motion to protect Poolbeg Chimneys to be raised today
The chimneys have been in place since the 1970s and are visible over much of Dublin city.
# poolbeg - Wednesday 7 May, 2014
Controversial Poolbeg plan gets green light from EU
But TD Kevin Humphreys still thinks the plans should be scrapped, saying today it is a waste of taxpayers’ money.
# poolbeg - Wednesday 16 April, 2014
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
It’s the middle of the week now and here’s everything you need to know before 9am.
Post-mortem due on unidentified body found on Dublin beach
The male in his 30s was discovered yesterday.
# poolbeg - Saturday 15 March, 2014
27 pints you must sample in Ireland before you die
Let it settle.
# poolbeg - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
Dublin City councillors vote to scrap Poolbeg plan
The City Manager, however, says no decision has been made on the project.
# poolbeg - Thursday 13 February, 2014
Company behind Poolbeg incinerator will 'see how it plays out'
The Green Party says questions from investors show the “folly” of the plan.
# poolbeg - Wednesday 22 January, 2014
Poolbeg incinerator company may look for repayment if project doesn’t go ahead
But the taxpayer could lose €96 million.
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Many people who planned to attend religious services to mark Easter over the coming days will be unable to do so as a result of the restrictions.
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