Cork County Council Invests €3.5 Million in Water Monitoring System

Cork County Council has signed a €3.5million design and build contract with Cully Automation, Leixlip for the establishment of a Central Water Operation Control and Monitoring System. The contract is part of the council’s ongoing water conservation programme and will enable closer monitoring of the county’s watermain schemes through the installation of approximately 300 bulk … Read more

Wastewater Treatment Scheme For West Cork Approved

The Government has approved Cork County Council’s preliminary report on upgrading the sewerage infrastructure in the villages of Courtmacsherry and Timoleague and the scheme has been included for funding under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012. The scheme involves the upgrading and expansion of the collection system at both Courtmacsherry and Timoleague and the provision … Read more

Cork’s Bin War Heats Up

Mr Binman, the County Limerick-based family owned and run waste collection and recycling company, is taking its ‘green revolution’ into County Cork, by providing a new and environmentally friendly waste collection service to the householders. Cork County Council recently sold its waste collection business following a Waste Management Review which highlighted decreasing customer members and … Read more

Cork County Council Sells Waste Collection Business to Country Clean Recycling

Cork County Council has sold its waste collection business to Country Clean Recycling, following a competitive process involving a number of waste management companies operating in the private sector. Falling customer numbers, coupled with rising costs associated with a new EU Landfill Directive on the pre-treatment of waste, and the introduction of a VAT charge … Read more