Turning Earth

This episode discusses the controversial Poolbeg Incinerator, a massive municipal waste incinerator being built next to Dublin port. Residents of the nearby suburbs of Ringsend, Sandymount and Irishtown have been campaigning for 18 years against the construction on the basis of potential health and ecological effects, coming up against the undemocratic arrangement of Dublin City Council in regards to waste management. We talk to local activist John Whipple, Green Party councilor Claire Byrne and Mindy O'Brien, coordinator of environmental charity Voice Ireland. This aired on the 10th July 2015.