The interim works at Mitchelstown Wastewater Treatment Plant are now complete, and so begins a period of ‘wait and see’.

County Engineer Kevin Morey told a meeting of the Northern Committee on Monday that the council would know if the new filter had worked 'within a matter of weeks, and hopefully by the end of the year'.

At the moment, no new building works can take place though planning permission has been granted conditionally for a number of developments in the town …

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