Cllr Declan Breathnach
Local councillor Declan Breathnach has asked Louth County Council to investigate the strong smell of diesel that has been prominent in Dundalk and Knockbridge for the past few days.
The bad smell from the fumes has led to a number of complaints to the council, with Talk of the Town also receiving numerous queries about it from the public.
The smell is said to be particularly strong between Knockbridge and Dundalk and on the Ardee Road.
Cllr Breathnach told LMFM he was concerned that oil laundering waste was being burned.
“Over the last number of days there has been a strong pungent smell in the vicinity of Knockbridge, and indeed stretching in to Dundalk, of diesel.”
The Fianna Fáil councillor said he was aware of reports that fuel launderers had been spreading the waste along roadsides to get rid of the toxic sludge but expressed his fears that this problem was bigger.
“This is such a widespread that I believe the product is being burned off because the pungent smell is not just in one area but in a series of areas.”
