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Waste material illegally dumped at National Heritage Area, court told
Summary
The High Court heard that Mr Daragh Coyne of Coralstown, Mullingar, has allegedly dumped waste material, including scrap metal, fuel, and large plastic oil tanks, and illegally cut turf on Milltownpass Bog in Co. Westmeath, a National Heritage Area (NHA). The National Parks and Wildlife Service, represented by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, brought proceedings after Park Rangers found a dozen subsoil mounds containing invasive cherry laurel, scrap metal and oil tanks. The rangers said the dumping damaged the NHA by reducing habitat for protected birds and pollinators. They also expressed concern that turf would be extracted, noting that Mr Coyne had engaged a contractor to cut turf on the NHA in 2019 and might do so again in 2020. Mr Coyne denies wrongdoing.
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What: Report matter: Waste material illegally dumped at National Heritage Area, court told. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2020-05-08 Publication
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