Cadmium in Skibbereen – How much is too much?
Cadmium. How much is too much? Any. Zero cadmium is good for you. Any more than that is bad for you. Really bad. What is Cadmium? Cadmium is a soft, malleable, ductile, bluish-white divalent metal. It is similar in many respects to zinc but … Read More
RTP Company / Daly Products Ltd. Factory Location
The application site is situated towards the south-west of Skibberreen. The town centre area of Skibbereen is some 1.3km away from the site. It is a greenfield site and the surrounding area is mostly rural / agricultural in nature. As … Read More
Sunday Times – Skibbereen stars, Jeremy Irons and David Puttnam, join plastic factory protest
Jeremy Irons and David Puttnam add voices to campaign against proposed plant that locals say clashes with area’s ‘clean living’ ethos. Residents in Skibbereen, Co Cork are opposing plans for a thermoplastic factory they claim will clash with the “clean … Read More
Factory Waste Water
The above image shows the point of outflow from the waste water treatment plant into the Ilen When an industry (as opposed to residential) discharges to the waste water treatment plant, there are often requirements to licence directly by the … Read More
What is Skibbereen?
What is Skibbereen and how is it represented on the internet? What kind of place do people expect to find when they visit Skibbereen? These are just some examples from heavily marketed websites. If you had never visited Skibbereen, these … Read More
Plastic Nurdle Spillages
The pre production polymer pellets or Nurdles get spilled in production, in road transport and in shipping. Each bulk truck can carry about 2 billion nurdles per load. This is such a big problem that the industry itself has an … Read More
Cork County Council : Cork County Development Plan 2014 – 2022
We would like to highlight the proposals for Skibbereen that were outlined in the Cork County Development Plan 2014 – 2022. This plan was prepared in accordance with the steps set out in the Planning and Development Acts. It was adopted … Read More
