Judge dismisses illegal dumping charge

A judge dismissed a charge on Tuesday, June 13th about how racketeers are going around isolated farms trying to get landowners to use bogland to illegally dump waste.

The waste is brought from Dublin and other large centres of population. The disclosure was made at Carrickmacross District Court, Co. Monaghan, against Peter Connolly, Cornalaragh. He pleaded not guilty to a charge relating to the illegal dumping near his property, contrary to the Waste Management Act, in July 2005.

After Judge Flann Brennan heard that Mr Connolly was not the registered owner of the site, he dismissed the charge. Detective Garda Robert Ogle told the court gardai found the dump after a complaint from Monaghan County Council.