Probe into illegal tyre dumping at Larne’s Craigyhill estate

By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jun 2015, 07:00 BST
It is illegal to burn tyres on bonfiresIt is illegal to burn tyres on bonfires
It is illegal to burn tyres on bonfires
An investigation has been launched into the illegal dumping of hundreds of tyres at a bonfire site in Larne’s Craigyhill estate.

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency is trying to determine the source of the tyres, which are currently being used in the construction of an Eleventh night bonfire.

East Antrim MLA Oliver McMullan has expressed concern that businesses are using bonfire sites such as the one at Craigyhill as a means of disposing of old tyres.

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And he has called on Environment Minister Mark H Durkan to take “immediate action”.

The Sinn Fein representative told the Times: “Burning tyres is a breach of the Clean Air Order and dumping them is a breach of the Pollution Control Order.