Clare County Council looks set to take part in a process which could see it oppose plans for a Limerick facility to burn millions of tyres a year.
The Irish Cement plant at Castlemungret, a few hundred meters from Clare, has been given the go-ahead for a change of use that will allow it burn a wider range of fuels including incinerating tyres at 1,500 degrees.
The move had been opposed by locals, and discussed by Councillors here who have backed a suggestion that the local authority take part in the environmental licence process at An Bord Pleanála.
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Meelick Fianna Fáil Councillor Cathal Crowe is concerned about the impact of the project on the Clare side of the Shannon.
