By Q Radio News
A father, son and two haulage companies have been handed fines totalling £26,500 for the unauthorised infilling of around 39,000 tonnes of waste at a site in Portadown.
Landowner Fergal McNally, 63, of Derrykeeran Road, Portadown was fined £6,000 for unlawful disposal and keeping of waste at land on Derrykeeran Road in the town.
His son, 38 year-old Michael McNally of Derryneskan Road in Portadown was fined £3,000 for keeping waste.
Both men pleaded guilty to the waste offences on 2 May 2017.
Hauliers Brendan Loughran & Sons Limited of Termon Road, Carrickmore and Colin Donnelly t/a Donnelly Transport of Ballyscandal Road, Armagh were found guilty of unlawfully depositing waste on the site and were fined £15,000 and £2,500 respectively (with an associated £15 offenders’ levy each).
It follows an inspection by Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) on lands at Derrykeeran Road on 19 November 2014.
On 7 March 2016, NIEA officers identified tipper lorries, owned and operated by Colin Donnelly t/a Donnelly Transport, depositing waste clay, soil, stone and reinforced concrete on site.
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