This article is from page 24 of the 2014-12-02 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 24 JPG
CLARE County Council is seeking tenders from contractors aimed at establishing the extent of asbestos contamination in areas of West Clare.
Last June, the council’s Environment Section received a complaint from a member of the public regarding a number of areas where asbestos waste materials were deposited. The council subsequently identif ed nine sites where pieces of asbestos waste was dumped.
Six sites are in the vicinity of Kilkee while the remaining three sites are located in the vicinity of Kilrush. The nine sites include four sites within the ownership of Clare County Council and f ve sites in private own ership. Concern over the dumping of asbestos was raised by former Kilkee town councillor and local resident PJ Linnane, last June.
In March Clare County Council commissioned an external independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the depositing of asbestos-cement materials at a number of sites throughout West Clare. At the time the council conf rmed it