Planning permission for a ‘super-piggery’ across two sites in West Waterford has been refused by An Bord Pleanála. The board upheld an appeal by the Concerned Residents of Touraneena and Ballinamult (CRTB) against planning granted by Waterford Council to Fenor Pig Farms Ltd., in May 2021. The sites, 1.5km apart, would process an estimated 18,280 weaner and finisher pigs between them and produce an estimated 19.5m litres of pig slurry per annum. Parties representing Fenor Pig Farm had insisted that modern storage methods would see the piggery’s ammonia emissions reduced by 50%, with no net increase in slurry production regardless of pig numbers. Efforts to contact Fenor Pig Farms proved unsuccessful.

Source: Irish Examiner June 01, 2023 22:09 UTC