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May 11, 2021 | 4:14 PM
An Taisce’s decision to contest the High Court’s decision to allow Glanbia’s Cheese Plant to be built is ‘an attack on young farmers’ according to a Waterford Senator.
The body is against the building of a 140 million euro Cheese Factory at the Port of Waterford in Belview.
On Friday, the environmental awareness charity said it had ‘no option but to challenge the judgement’ as it would set a precedent of ‘lowering environmental standards’.
The proposed development is a joint venture between Glanbia and a Dutch dairy processor.
An Taisce is concerned the level of milk production needed to service the plant would ‘add to the perilous state of Ireland’s carbon and pollution footprint’.
Mandatory hotel quarantine: exemption for fully vaccinated comes into force Exemption applies to people vaccinated with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Janssen
about 3 hours ago
Fully vaccinated people are now exempt from the State’s mandatory hotel quarantine system after new rules came into force today.
In a series of tweets posted on Saturday evening, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said regulations providing for the exemption had been signed and the exemption would be come into force immediately.
As a result, anyone arriving from a designated state with proof of full vaccination with an approved vaccine from Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Janssen, coupled with a negative PCR test, will now not need to enter hotel quarantine and can quarantine at home instead.