ESRI slams Gormley’s gombeenism on incineration; Irish waste policy has “no underlying rationale”; Likely to impose “needless costs on.. economy”
Feb 3rd, 2010 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
The ESRI (Economic and Social Research Institute) in a report published today says policy on Irish waste management and on incineration in particular, has “no underlying rationale” and is likely "to impose needless costs on the economy." The institute does not make a direct charge of gombeenism against the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley, but it appears that national waste policy is being dictated by the minister's desire to thwart the plans of Dublin City Council to build a waste incinerator in his political constituency of Dublin South-East, on the site of the former Poolbeg power station.