Who is TWM?
Nor is it clear what assets TWM brings to the proposal. TWM first registered as a company in 1997. Its managing director is Martin Blake, from Navan, County Meath. A former dairy farmer who was national treasurer of the Irish Farmers’ Association in the 1980s, he was chairperson of Premier Dairies when it was sold to Waterford Foods. Martin and his brothers subsequently built Honeyclover meat processing plant in Navan, which has since been sold to Glanbia. TWM has not filed any company details with the Registrar of Companies even though it is required to do so a year after first registering. The company has no experience whatsoever of waste management. And according to the anti-incinerator campaign, the North Kildare/South Meath Anti-Incinerator Alliance, TWM refuses to state where the funding is coming from for the proposed £65 million incinerator project. Despite its lack of experience, TWM claims in a press statement to “specialise in innovative solutions” for waste management and
