Poolbeg Incinerator Will Export €700 Million.

OPINION:

There has been no public scrutiny of the costs for planning and running the Poolbeg incinerator.

write JOE MCCARTHY and VALERIE JENNINGS 

Here's a credible overview of financial aspects of the proposed incinerator - published in 2010.

There's some publicity on January 31, 2011 about the secret put or pay contract for the proposed Poolbeg Incinerator.  A similar contract in Florida seems to have cost Orlando about $300 million and also stopped recycling, in order to feed the fnancially challenged incinerator.  The Orlando Sentinel reports waste now has to be imported to pay the bills.

Perhaps a bigger issue than the €200-€350 million in put or pay penalties is the €500 to €700 million to be shipped to New Jersey by Irelands patriotic political cabal. 

When Ireland declares bankruptcy how will the New Jersey boys enforce their secret contract?  Sponsor the Sopranos?

Crony News: Labour's Quinn "Plays Golf" with Covanta for Poolbeg Incinerator.

The Labour Party's Ruairi Quinn has found time to have "discussions" with Covanta.   TD Quinn is a former Irish Finance Minister and a qualified architect.   His residence has a front window view of DCC-Covanta's proposed reckless destruction of the visual amenity of Dublin Bay. 

Patriotic Labour TD Quinn and hard-worker Cllr Humphries are cynically silent on the Poolbeg Incinerator.  Humphries apparently supported a most curious electoral division or possible gerrymander which by happy coincidence favours high-rise development in the newly defined "inner-city".  TD Quinn's relatives have multi-million Euro investments in Poolbeg (IGB, etc) and multi-million Euro interests in the impact of high-rise development on Mount Street.  Perhaps Covanta shared some intelligence on Labour's candidates provided by the US Embassy and not yet on Wikileaks.

The New Jersey lawbreaking outfit is using a cosmetically-correct Dane to front their PR spin.

BIFFO was formerly an Irish Finance Minister whose achievements include rubber-stamping DDDA/Anglo-Irish Bank's involvement at IGB - a €500 Millon disaster.  Current Taoiseach BIFFO played golf with Anglo-Irish Bank's Seanie, and says he didn't talk about the bank.    BIFFO then morally and financially bankrupted Ireland to save Anglo-Irish Bank and the reckless funders of Anglo - the major German, Dutch & British banks - a €500 Billion disaster. 

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Covanta met FG to press case for incinerator.

Sunday Business Post
January 23, 2011

Covanta, the US energy firm, has had discussions with Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny over the company's difficulties in advancing plans for its controversial 350million incinerator in Dublin's Poolbeg.

Jens Kragholm, European vice president of Covanta, told The Sunday Business Post that he had discussed the project with Kenny and Labour's Ruairi Quinn.

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Fine Gael's Enda Kenny "Plays Golf" With Covanta on Poolbeg Incinerator

Future Taoiseach Enda Kenny, the usually invisible man, came out of hiding and found time to have "discussions" with Covanta.

FG's Creighton and Murphy are cynically silent, true patriots. Perhaps Covanta shared some intelligence on Kenny provided by the US Embassy and not yet on Wikileaks.

The New Jersey lawbreaking outfit is using a cosmetically-correct Dane to front their PR spin.

Current Taoiseach BIFFO played golf with Anglo-Irish Bank's Seanie, and says he didn't talk about the bank.    BIFFO then morally and financially bankrupted Ireland to save Anglo-Irish Bank and the reckless funders of Anglo - the major German, Dutch & British banks.

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Covanta met FG to press case for incinerator.

Sunday Business Post
January 23, 2011

Covanta, the US energy firm, has had discussions with Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny over the company's difficulties in advancing plans for its controversial 350million incinerator in Dublin's Poolbeg.
Jens Kragholm, European vice president of Covanta, told The Sunday Business Post that he had discussed the project with Kenny and Labour's Ruairi Quinn.

Click to read more.