A number of Ireland's leading recycling companies are dumping significant amounts of waste from some of their facilities into landfill sites.

JUST one in 20 households in Carlow and Mayo are recycling their rubbish, as new figures show a massive disparity in recycling rates across the country.

THE owners of a quarry alleged to be illegal have been told to halt all operations. Cork County Council has initiated legal proceedings against the operators of a large quarry at Curraglass, near Conna.

PLANS for a major housing development in the West Sligo seaside resort of Enniscrone, which attracted some intense local opposition and critical observations from a number of public bodies, have been approved by the board members of An Bord Pleanala.

An independent archaeologist has called for an inquiry into conservation works carried out at Skellig Michael by the Office of Public Works, following its admission that it has been dumping rock and spoil at the location.