CIWM Ireland: Landfill Remediation Site Visit

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CIWM Ireland are delighted to announce their next site visit in conjunction with Indaver Ireland.

Roche’s Clarecastle facility was established in 1974 as Syntex Ireland on 36 hectares of land overlooking the Fergus River in Clarecastle, Co. Clare and became Roche’s pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Ireland when the Roche Group acquired the site in 1994. Following a decision in 2015 to exit the Clarecastle facility, final production was undertaken in November 2019 and pharmaceutical operations ceased in March 2020.

A planning application to decommission the site (infrastructure, buildings and hazardous waste landfill site) was submitted to Clare County Council in June 2020 and a formal final grant of planning permission to commence work on the phased demolition of all existing buildings, structures and infrastructure, on, in and under the site of the existing Roche pharmaceutical plant at Clarehill, Clarecastle, Co Clare was issued by Clare County Council on 3 February 2021. This work is now underway and will continue in phases through to mid-2029, when the groundwater validation monitoring phase is complete and the site's EPA licence is officially surrendered.

Agenda

10:00 - Arrival and tea/coffee

10:30 - Welcome by Regional Committee Chairperson

10:35 - Welcome from Indaver and overview of site history; Noel Greaney, Commercial Contracts Manager & Wolfgang Koch, Technical Director

10:45 - Site Visit

12:55 - Q&A

13:00 - Depart

Important Information

• Attendees must provide their own PPE, including a hard hat, long-sleeved hi-vis, steel toe cap footwear, protective glasses and gloves. Please note, you must wear full length sleeves, no hi-vis vests without sleeves will be allowed onto site. 

Joining instructions will be emailed to you a few days before the event. If you have any questions, please contact our Events Team at events@ciwm.co.uk.