Plans for a large landfill for a materials and recovery recycling facility at a quarry in Wicklow has been granted permission by An Coimisiún Pleanála, despite local opposition. Kilsaran Concrete Unlimited Company has been given planning permission for a large landfill facility at Ballinclare Quarry, Kilbride, which will provide for the importation, re-use, recovery and/or disposal of by-product materials and inert wastes generated by construction and development projects in counties Wicklow, Dublin, and Wexford, as well as the backfilling and long-term restoration of the former quarry to native woodland habitat.

Source: Irish Independent March 03, 2026 19:13 UTC