I think this "Process" Stinks.

Fingal County Council,(FCC), in Fingal, North County Dublin (NCD) Ireland, was once called Fair Fingal, a Fellow even wrote a book of that name: but if you want to see how fair it is today and perhaps is destined to be - look at the Facebook Pages “Foul Fingal” and “Annsbrook Says No”.

Because it seems the Irish Department of the Environment and Fingal County Council want to put a Monster 43 acre Wastewater Treatment Plant for 700,000 People Equivalent Sewage Output in Fingal.

To make this viable FCC want to accept and pump into the area the “Flushings” and the “Showerings” and the “Washings” and the run off water from parts of four adjoining Councils. Mostly I would describe the incoming target area as East Leinster. .

Despite the fact that after “an exhaustive examination” of nine potential locations for the plant FCC have selected three “Preferred Sites” that are totally unsuitable for the plant.

One site is near to Dublin Airport and FCC intend to collect sewage into there and after “Primary Treatment” flush the tainted water out into Dublin Bay.

The next site is a protected area under a “Cultural and Heritage” labelling chosen and promoted by FCC in tourism literature. It can't be disturbed without incurring the wrath of Archaeological Societies and concerned Irish citizens and perhaps also The European Department of Culture and Heritage.

The third site has rivers in a protected habitat under the EU Habitat Directive and it also has a Henge similar to the one that was destroyed in Lismullen during construction of the M3 Motorway. How do we know this Henge exists and where is lies? Simple it was discovered and recorded by the National Museum during construction of the M1 Motorway.

So Fingal Council are persisting with their “Investigations” of what they have already discovered, documented and discussed in a similar “Community Vandalism Attack” when they examined Fingal for a site for The Largest Rubbish Dump in the World. That came to nothing. It left FCC with a bill of €34 Millions paid for land and since they borrowed the money they also have a bill for €2Million interest for the next 20 years: €74 Million of our contributions to their coffers.

I suppose further evaluation will continue and will be another waste of time and consultancy fees, €18 Million spent so far if what I was told is correct.

Because there is no way Ireland can allow Fingal County Council to commit to an unaffordable €2.6 Billion that is needed to bring this monster to fruition.

Is fruition a bad choice of word? Yes! To a smelly conclusion is probably more appropriate, because in success of failure, this process is going to stink!