Owner of toxic dump jailed over waste breaches that cost State €60m to clean

Tony Dean
Caroline O'Doherty, Environment Correspondent
A former waste company owner has been sentenced to three years in jail over breaches at a landfill site that have cost the State more than €60m to clean up.
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