Public meeting to be held tomorrow on proposed development at Tipperary quarry

All concerned residents are welcome to attend Muintir na Tíre Hall, Littleton on the 29th of January at 7.30pm for a meeting considering the local response.

Roadstone Limited submitted planning on the 13th of January for a large anaerobic digestor at Killough Quarry, near Holycross, Cashel and Thurles.

The proposed anaerobic digestor plant itself will be on 6.3 hectares within the current quarry at Killough.

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The community understand the plant will process approximately 180,000 tonnes of waste feedstuffs which may also include food and animal waste.

The finished biofuel will be used to power the plant and machinery at Killough and also at other Roadstone centres around the country.

In addition to methane, pellets of biodegradable material will be produced which can be sold as fertiliser pellets.

The proposed site is located within metres of homes and a rural school and the historic Gaile Church.

Local residents are worried that the facility would pose a danger to the health of their families, wildlife, water quality and the environment if planning is granted.