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Emier Flagon

BBC News Ni

Liz Wear and her husband went to their dream house four years ago, but they said that they were plagued by the smell of compacted nonsense

BBC Liz Wear, Shubh Lengish Woman, Light Brown Hair, standing on the balcony with a glass-frame of her home, which looks at the mouth of Warrenpoint Town and Carlingford Laf. She is weaving a relaxed-fitting white top with a blue floral pattern. Behind it is a gray ratan sofa and the background has homes and mountains. — Liz Wear and her husband went to their dream house four years ago, but they said that they were plagued by the smell of compacted nonsense

People living in a county down beauty spot had “enough” of industrial smell coming from the Warrenpoint port, stated by the campaigners.

Liz Veer said that he was sometimes taken out of his house with the smell of compacted nonsense from an waste management firm at the port.

The R-Jen has been working in Warrenpoint for over 12 years and told BBC News Ni that its feature was “regularly inspected by independent and legal bodies”.

But Ms. Veer said: “Sometimes you get a big job of wind … It will make you gag.”

BBC News Ni First reported this issue in 2023And at that time Re-Jen said that it was taking steps to reduce the smell with stockpild waste lumps.

But about two years later, the campaigners insisted that thousands of tons of garbage stored at the port are not being enough to address concerns.

Ms. Veer has participated in every public meeting and opposed the issue as she first paid attention to the smell.

He said that there were occasions when his family could not use his garden or even open his windows.

“My husband is not a well man and the fact that he has to go into the car and go somewhere to get fresh air, it’s not right,” he said.

What is the cause of smell?

Large bundle of black bin garbage wrapped in plastic, waste management firm stored at the Warrenpoint Port, sent abroad

A scrabb of the footage of the Warrenpoint Port was zoomed on the close-up of the waste storage facility of the re-jane. Black plastic -like rows of black bin garbage lumps wrapped in covers are rowed on the port. There are many large yellow mechanical excavations next to the lumps. The roof of a port building appears partially in the foreground and the blue water of Carlingford Laf and vice versa are in the background. — Large bundle of black bin garbage wrapped in plastic, waste management firm stored at the Warrenpoint Port, sent abroad

In recent years, most smells have been convicted on storage of fuel (RDF) forbidden in the warnpoint facility of re-jane.

The firm processes black bin nonsense from several Northern Ireland Councils, most of which cannot be recycled.

Unchanging waste is packed in lumps and the warnpoint is sent to places like Scandinavia.

There, customers burn waste to produce electricity.

Resignation on Port Pong

Earlier this month, two councilors left the Warrenpoint Harbor Authority (WHA) board in protest against the failure to solve the problem of smell.

When Sin Fen’s Jim Brainon resigned, his party insisted that it would not re -attach to the board “unless there is a complete and permanent end of all RDF activities at the port”.

The Social Democratic and Labor Party then removed Councilor Laura Dewallin, saying “the message of leaving the board together was strength”.

Independent Councilor Jaralath is the final politician in the Tinal Board.

Councilor Jarlath Tinnelly says he is living on WHA board because it is the best place to remove public concerns about the port

Counselor Zarlath Tinal is standing on a varenpoint promanede on a sunny day. He is bald and wearing a light-blue short-sleeved shirt. The mouth of a cool, blue Carlingford Loof can be seen through the white railing behind it. The distance has green hills and the edge of the Warrenpoint port is focused on the right side of the photo. — Councilor Jarlath Tinnelly says he is living on WHA board because it is the best place to remove public concerns about the port

Mr. Tinley questioned what was abandoned.

He said that he was living from within the boardroom of WHA to represent the public.

“We have made incredible progress in the last 12 months,” he said.

“So much so that in this calendar year of 2025, the average weekly stock of RDF stored on the site is actually less than 50% that is allowed.”

The councilor said that he was “not in refusal” on the smell, but it was “the number of last months”.

Smelly wire

He pointed to a separate issue, when an extraordinaryly large “consignment of the Telegraph poles was imported during the Wake the Giant Festival of the last month.

The members of the public filed at least 25 formal complaints about a sharp smell, which were described as a mixture of craosot and outdoor cleaning fluid.

Shri Tinal believes that the incident fulfilled concerns over Re-Jen’s unrelated waste operations.

WHA President Gerard O’Hera apologizes while issuing a statement “For the smell that came from a cargo of telegraph poles” and promised that they would not be imported again through the port.

Mr. O’Hera rejected a BBC interview request about the convenience of re-zen, but said that WHA is “meeting the firm to discuss the concerns of the smell and agree to a solution”.

‘It is like putting an outshev on a dirty diapers’

Environmental pracharak Kolam Sands says

Kolm sands, a man with a shoulder -length, standing in the railing outside the curly gray hair, the warnpoint port, looking at the camera directly on a sunny day. He is wearing a yellow yellow T-shirt and a blue denim shirt above a denim cap. He is carrying a black bag with a strap on each shoulder. The headquarters of the Warrenpoint Harbor Authority - a Gray to -Story Building - is in the background. — Environmental pracharak Kolam Sands says

Colum sands, honoring the expedition group Rostrevor action to the environment (rare), said that the Telegraph Pols incident should not be distracted by the ongoing Zen dispute.

“We are in the city of breathtaking beauty and the city’s breath is taking away from a smell,” he said.

Mr. Sands insisted that it is a “long -term smell” that will continue as long as the black bin garbage falls into the warnpoint port “.

He also questioned the practice of re-jane of spraying lumps with odor treatment.

“As someone said to me the other day – it is like putting an offshev on a dirty langot instead of changing the diapers,” he said.

The campaigner called the resignation “positive” development.

“Sheer pressure and, I imagine, the vote count forced many politicians to take a step and of course it is very welcome,” he said.

Inspectors identify problems in re-zen

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) with its waste license performs regular inspections to ensure re -compliance with Jane.

Its spokesperson said the monthly off-site odor assessment between January and July 2025 “do not detect any odor for licensed waste feature”.

However, NIEA stated that some previous inspections identified “minor non-transport”.

These included “more than” storage outside the license range, control of pests, three months storage range and smell control “in 2023.

Inspectors also recorded “further non-transport” on odor control in June 2024.

But NIEA stated that again Jane “implemented measures to solve these issues and bring himself back to compliance”.

Re-jane insisted that it is “fully compliance with all industry rules”.

“Since June 2024, NIEA has conducted 13 inspections, all resulted in complete compliance, which recently included the most recent July 2025,” the company said.