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
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
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
DEVASTATED for Skibbereen and for all of West Cork – that’s the reaction from the Save Our Skibbereen (SOS) group which campaigned ferociously against the plastic factory going ahead. But Brendan McCarthy, one of the founding members of the group … Read More
Plans to build a new plastics factory in Skibbereen in Cork is facing fierce opposed from local campaigners. The Save Our Skibbereen campaign is opposing the move, despite An Bord Pleanála approving the plans by Daly Products yesterday. Residents who … Read More
An Bord Pleanála has ruled against the recommendation of its own inspector and upheld a decision by Cork County Council to grant planning permission for a plastics factory in Skibbereen. Locals, who appealed the council’s planning permission for a 4,800 square … Read More
Plans to build a new plastics factory in Skibbereen in Cork is facing fierce opposed from local campaigners. The Save Our Skibbereen campaign is opposing the move, despite An Bord Pleanála approving the plans by Daly Products yesterday. Residents who … Read More
An Bord Pleanala has approved planning permission for a plastics factory in West Cork. Residents who appealed a Cork County Council decision to grant planning for a 4,800 sq/km thermoplastics facility in Skibbereen today received confirmation from An Bord Pleanala … Read More
A PUBLIC meeting to discuss a planning application to build a plastics factory in Skibbereen is due to take place at 7.30pm on Thursday, October 4th at the West Cork Hotel. Brendan McCarthy, chairperson of Save Our Skibbereen (SOS) said … Read More
A CANADIAN environmentalist is visiting Skibbereen to warn people of the dangers presented by a plastic component known as nurdles. After researching nurdles, Fiona Vincent – who is a member of SOS, Save Our Skibbereen, an organisation that is opposing … Read More
A heated meeting of residents in Skibbereen on July 19 reflected their anxieties about the hazards they fear if a plastics factory manufacturing ‘nurdles’ — polymer pellets — is built in the town, writes Damien Enright. Last year, despite impassioned objections … Read More
Residents of Skibbereen fear the industrial facility would foul their air and water while adding to ocean plastic pollution. The plant is part of a global plastic factory-building boom driven by cheap natural gas. A wave of governments has moved to … Read More
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
SIR – I refer to an article in last week’s issue regarding the proposed application by ‘Daly Products Ltd’ t/a RTP Co, for a plastics factory on the Baltimore Road, which is currently with An Bord Pleanála due to the … Read More
LORD David Puttnam has said that more questions need to be asked about Cork County Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a new plastics factory in Skibbereen. http://www.southernstar.ie/news/business/articles/2018/02/23/4152388-puttnam-questions-need-to-be-asked-about-plastics-factory/
