‘You’d see the rats everywhere’: Removal of one of Dublin’s largest illegal landfills begins

‘You’d see the rats everywhere’: Removal of one of Dublin’s largest illegal landfills begins

Dublin City Council to remove 40,000 tonnes of waste from illegal landfill over next four months

Work Underway To Remove Illegal Landfill Straddling Houses In Darndale

Work is underway to shut down Dublin’s largest, decades-long operating illegal landfill site at a cost of between €4 million and €6 million. Darndale park dump is estimated to hold 40,000 tonnes of commercial and domestic waste. The work to remove the waste has started and is expected to take up to four months, the council said. Hazardous material such as asbestos has been found. The City Council has undertaken periodic clearances of the site op…