Dublin City councillors have voted to abandon the controversial Poolbeg incinerator project at a meeting last night.

The project is one of the most contentious issues to come before councillors, due to its mounting costs.

Dublin City Council manager Owen Keegan has said that if the Poolbeg project was terminated it could cost €160 million to do so.

That's before a brick has been laid, and comes though a decision on complaints made to Europe have yet to be addressed.

Councillors were told that once the complaints are dealt with, there will be a full and open discussion on the site's future.

It was also decided at the meeting that the council will continue to toll the East Link bridge when it goes back to city ownership at the end of next year.