ECJ JUDGES CENSURE IRELAND OVER DIRTY WATER EMISSIONS
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has censured Ireland for breaking the urban waste water directive by discharging dirty sewage in the communities of Bray, Howth, Letterkenny, Shanganagh, Sligo, and Tramore. Judges agreed with the European Commission that the Irish government should have subjected this waste water to secondary treatment. The court ruled: "Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations." During hearings at the ECJ, Ireland contested some of the Commission's claims: for instance, claiming that Brussels had not taken into ...
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