The SOS ex-parte application against An Bord Pleanala was being made on Monday 21st January within the eight week period of the decision of the board to uphold the Cork County Council Decision to Grant RTP Permission for the awful … Read More
Speaker : Claudia Kinmonth MRIA Date & Time : 6.30pm, Saturday 26th January 2019 Venue : The West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen, Co. Cork Admission : €10 – all proceeds to ‘Save Our Skibbereen’ This richly illustrated talk explores how rural people … Read More
In a statement to PRW, a sister publication of Plastics News, Danny Miles, RTP vice president and managing director, Europe, said: “We welcomed the decision of Cork County Council to grant planning permission for our project in Skibbereen, which gave due consideration … Read More
Introduction to SOS Fundraising Pack Help our Campaign to succeed through doing your bit to raise crucial funds for legal action and representation when and if it becomes necessary. The SOS campaign relies completely on volunteers and public support … Read More
THE proposed plastics factory for Skibbereen looks set to be an election issue in the area in next year’s local elections. And a local TD has called on the factory’s owners to hold a public meeting in a bid to … Read More
The following are statements or otherwise, in December 2018, from all West Cork elected representatives regarding our campaign and the proposed RTP Company Plastic Factory at Poundlick, Baltimore Road, Skibbereen, Co. Cork. Requests for statements and/or invitations to our Public … Read More
RTP Co. is being challenged in its attempt to build a compounding plant in Ireland. Winona, Minn.-based RTP, a major global compounder, has submitted plans to build a plant in Skibbereen, a town of about 3,000 less than 10 miles … Read More
Save Our Skibbereen (SoS), a campaign group set up to oppose the construction of a plastic compounding factory on the outskirts of the west Cork town, is seeking financial support for a judicial review against the project. The campaigners want … Read More
There is a groundswell of opposition to the factory plan in Skibbereen, writes Noel Baker. Children in a classroom in Union Hall Primary School, where Brendan McCarthy is principal, recently debated the whys and wherefores of plastics and whether or not … Read More
Hundreds of locals packed the ballroom at the West Cork Hotel on Thursday night in response to last week’s An Bord Pleanala decision to give the Skibbereen plastic factory the go ahead. It was announced at the event that the committee … Read More