Green Party representative and Local Election candidate in Pembroke-South Dock, Charlie Ridgway, has responded to the recent decision by Dublin City Council to cancel the illegal consultants contract, on which more than €32m has already been spent.

He said: "Labour and Fine Gael Councillors control Dublin City Council. Do they really want this totally unsustainable, white elephant project to still go ahead?

"These same two parties are in government at a national level and should act both locally and nationally to compel City Management to abandon their hugely expensive and wasteful project. Already, €95 million has been spent before a construction worker has even set foot on the ground.

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"Action must be taken before millions more euros are wasted on reports, consultancy fees, reviews and other follies that will never be able to justify this project to the people of Dublin."

Green Party Environment Spokesperson Councillor Malcolm Noonan said: "This decision clears the way for an alternative approach to resource management; one that could create sustainable employment through recycling and reuse in Ireland. By developing a recycling economy here we can maximise the potential of valuable materials which otherwise would have been burned in an out of scale incinerator that was way beyond our needs in the first place."

(CD/JP)