A planning application (16/6219) has been lodged with Cork County Council in the name of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to remove 134,000 cubic metres of topsoil and subsoil from 9.3 hectares of ground within an overall site area of 12.1 hectares and to include onsite screening and crushing of some excavated material, transport of approximately 114,000 cubic metres of material off-site to East Tip, Haulbowline Island, remediation and reprofiling and landscaping of site with retained material post extraction.

My submission to the planning application is here:
Submission to CCC, 04-10-2016