A Clare MEP has raised concerns with Uisce Éireann over its plans for a wastewater treatment plant in Lahinch.
Michael McNamara claims residents were not adequately informed during a 2025 consultation, with concerns over the proposed site at Calluragh, the Cregg Beach outfall and environmental impacts.
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He’s also questioning the proposed capacity of around nine-thousand-three-hundred people, which is just below the ten-thousand threshold for an Environmental Impact Assessment.
The Scariff-based MEP says he fears Uisce Éireann is ‘playing with the figures’ to avoid European legal requirements.
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