Protesters renew landfill campaign

An estimated 500 supporters of the Ballynagran/Coolbeg action committee gathered in Wicklow town last night to renew their campaign…

An estimated 500 supporters of the Ballynagran/Coolbeg action committee gathered in Wicklow town last night to renew their campaign to have a controversial landfill proposal deleted from the Wicklow Co Development plan.

Plans for the 300-acre landfill dump were first mooted in 1993 and have been opposed by the action group ever since.

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