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WHAT EUROPE SAID

"The commission have had the wool pulled over their eyes entirely. What I see is an absolute disgrace. When I was environment minister in the UK, if this came to me via a member of parliament, I would put a management order on Limerick City Council and demand they do something about it. This should be fixed period by the authorities,"
- British MEP Sir Robert Atkins

“These conditions are reminiscent of the developing world yet it is taking place in a developed country in the EU.”
- Romanian MEP Victor Bostinaru

“This is a scandal. It is untenable. It is clear that EU citizens have been left defenceless. We must hold the local authorities to account,”
- Spanish MEP Willy Meyer Pleite.

"Obviously this is an impossible situation for people to live with, but this is a weapon of war. The reason this waste is here is that gangs rooted in drugs are using waste as a way of getting rid of people in decent neighbourhoods which then provides them with the community they need to operate.They burn out cars, they vandalise property, but more importantly they attack human beings, intimidate old people, and they murder,"
- Munster MEP Kathy Sinnott