A Ballaghaderreen campaign group has vowed to continue to fight to stop the controversial waste-to-energy plant in west Roscommon – even though the plant is almost complete.
BioCore Environmental is building an €8 million ‘BioPark’ at Ballinphuill, near Ballaghaderreen, which it claims will generate enough electricity to power 6,000 homes.
The controversial anaerobic digester plants is now complete, along with improvements to the road infrastructure in the area.
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The company expects the plant to be operational by September.
It has been strongly opposed by some residents, who have raised environmental concerns about it.
A spokesperson for lobby group Tibohine Action Group, Claire Kerrane, is vowing to continue to fight to stop it.
