The Nobel Peace Prize winner, the sewage plant and Irish Water

Sewage facility planned next door to John Hume's Donegal residence

Glenburnie Beach in Carnagarve, Co Donegal is a popular bathing spot.
John Hume and his wife Pat, pictured in Derry earlier this year. Picture: James Whorriskey

The European Commission could scupper Irish Water’s plan to build a controversial €13 million sewage plant next to Nobel laureate John Hume’s Donegal home.

Hume’s wife Pat told this newspaper that the house at beautiful Glenburnie Beach in Carnagarve had been “a ...