Please Donate to our gofundme to ensure the campaign continues- or get in touch to lend your support in other ways by emailing us at killoughcommunityassociation@gmail.com We appreciate your support https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-killough-community-association-in-acp-appeal

Congratulations to Gaile Community Association! Gaile Community Association in Tipperary has been awarded a grant of €29,000 from the Tipperary County Council Community Projects Grant scheme to stabilise Gaile Church.

Our objections to the biomethane plant at Killough Quarry: planning reference 2560019 on eplanning.ie/ Tipperary 

Re: Formal Objection to Planning Application 2560019
Roadstone Ltd – Killough Renewable Energy Development
Anaerobic Digestion, Biomethane, Gas Upgrading and Liquid BioGas (LBG) Facility

On behalf of Killough Community Group, we object to this application on the following planning, safety, and environmental grounds:

· Major accident and environmental risks are not adequately assessed. The EIAR does not properly evaluate credible accident scenarios, including fire, explosion, containment failure, or Major Accident to the Environment (MATTE).

· The development does not demonstrate compliance with COMAH and Seveso III regulations. Traffic risks, public safety, environmental protection, and emergency planning are inadequately addressed.

· A material alteration from Compressed BioGas (CBG) to Liquid BioGas (LBG) significantly increases risk due to cryogenic storage and higher energy density, yet this change was not re-advertised or fully reassessed.

· The proposed location within an active blasting quarry conflicts with Seveso III land-use planning principles. Risks relating to vibration, blast impacts, safety distances, and domino effects are not addressed.

· Local road infrastructure is unsuitable for the scale and type of traffic proposed, particularly when assessed cumulatively with other existing and proposed developments.

· The site overlies a highly vulnerable karst limestone aquifer. The EIAR fails to assess spill scenarios, lagoon leakage, reactor failure, or LBG releases and their rapid movement through karst groundwater systems.

· Anaerobic digestion by-products may contain pathogens, antibiotic-resistant genes, microplastics, and heavy metals, posing risks to local wells, watercourses, and the River Suir SAC.

· The development represents over-intensification, clustering multiple high-hazard installations in a confined quarry, increasing the likelihood of cascading or domino-type accidents.

· Air quality and public health risks are insufficiently assessed. Potential emissions include hydrogen sulphide, methane, and carbon dioxide, which present toxicity and asphyxiation hazards.

· The scale and industrial nature of the development threaten local biodiversity within a proposed National Heritage Area.

· The development would significantly harm rural visual amenity and negatively affect residential amenity 

Beautiful Killough Hill 

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Submissions Workshop 3rd and 10th of January in Gaile NS

PUBLIC INFORMATION & SUBMISSION WORKSHOPS

Proposed Killough Bio-Renewables (Biogas) Plant – Killough Quarry Area

Concerned about the proposed biogas / anaerobic digestion development at Killough? Now is the time to act. 

Dates:• Saturday 3rd January

• Saturday 10th January 

Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 

Venue: Gaile National School, Thurles, Co. Tipperary 

Eircode: E41 YK70

What the workshops will help with: 

Understanding the Further Information 

How to make a valid planning submission 

Ensuring your concerns are properly considered

Key issues include:

• Traffic and road safety

• Groundwater and drinking water protection

• Quarry blasting, vibration and safety risks

• Odour and air quality impacts

• Risks to agriculture, including fodder shortages and high nitrate concentrations in local ground and surface waters

• Risks to the River Suir SAC, pNHAs and local biodiversity 

Contribution:• €20 for first-time submissions

• Free for follow-up / second-time submissions Important: Deadline for new submissions: Friday, 17 January 2026 

Open to everyone — especially local residents 

                  Guidance and templates provided                                                 Contact: gailecommunitygroup@gmail.com             Please share widely.

Contact killoughbiogasconcerncommittee@gmail.com