THE Port of Cork hopes to identify a new site for a €200 million deepwater terminal by the end of next month.

ADM Londis plc, one of the leading retailers in the country, has reported a 20% jump in pre-tax profits to €6.1m as a result of more store openings in 2007.

CONVENIENCE retailer ADM Londis saw profits rise by nearly two-thirds last year on the back of shop openings.

A woman who was put off work because she was pregnant has been awarded more than €13,000 in compensation, it emerged today.

Marino Point, home to the former IFI plant, was considered for the Port of Cork’s new €200m container terminal and berth but was ruled out due to poor transport links.

Over €7m will be spent to radically change the future roll-out of a development programme for rural areas across the country, it emerged today.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Pfizer yesterday admitted to being “bemused” by reports of the company planning to secure the soon-to-be-closed ADM Ringaskiddy plant.

WORKERS and unions yesterday spoke of the “unbelievable shock” after ADM announced it was to close its plant in Cork with the loss of 146 jobs.

Cork became the latest county to suffer job losses this afternoon.

THE Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) deputy director said last night that management at a pharmaceutical plant were wrong to classify a 250-tonne spillage of caustic soda into the sea as a non-urgent incident.

The Environmental Protection Agency has been accused of a cover-up after it failed to notify the public of a toxic spillage in Co Cork for nearly three weeks.

THE public has lost confidence in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the spillage of 252 tonnes of caustic soda into Cork Harbour, the Green Party said last night.

THE gravity of the spillage of 60,000 gallons of 14pH caustic soda into Monkstown Bay in Cork three hours before high water around midnight on Saturday July 2/Sunday July 3 appears to have escaped the notice of the ADM company and in particular the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), under whose remit the overall responsibility for pollution in the harbour area and waters rests.

The behaviour of the Environmental Protection Association (EPA) in the wake of the caustic soda spillage in Cork harbour is a cause for serious concern.

THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) admitted last night that no one from its agency spoke to the company which leaked 252 tonnes of caustic waste into Cork Harbour on July 3.

IT is criminal that neither ADM nor the EPA notified the people of Monkstown Bay or Monkstown Bay Sailing Club of the 252-tonne spillage of caustic soda into the bay on weekend of July 2/3, when the club was commencing its annual four-week sailing course on the Monday (July 4).

CORK County Council is to demand a comprehensive report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlining the recent spillage of 250 tonnes of caustic soda at the ADM plant in Ringaskiddy.

Environmental groups have demanded an explanation from authorities following the leaking of a huge quantity of caustic soda into Cork Harbour earlier this month.

ADM Londis which has reported a 7% hike in pre-tax profits for 2004 has called on Government to retain the ban on below-cost selling.

ADM Londis has announced a major change in its corporate structure from a co-operative to an unlisted Plc following an overwhelming majority vote by its members.

ONLY 2% of members of the biggest union in State agencies have applied to be decentralised outside of Dublin.

Investors overcame their concerns about inflation and mounting trade deficits to push stocks moderately higher today, but the major indexes ended the week mixed as nervousness mounted over the Federal Reserve’s pending decision on interest rates.

Chemical company ADM of Ringaskiddy was convicted and fined €30,000 today after pleading guilty to two criminal offences of breaching health and safety legislation after a fatal accident at the plant two years ago.

STORE group ADM Londis said it wants to put takeover speculation behind and concentrate on its core business.

OVER E160 million has been spent on helping 45 of the most disadvantaged urban communities throughout the country fight social exclusion.

Londis is to create 600 jobs in Ireland after revealing plans to open a further 30 stores in the next 12 months.

THE man who has battled for workers’ rights in a long-running dispute with management at a Co Cork pharmaceutical company is preparing for another campaign, this time on the political stage.

A body set up in an effort to maintain industrial peace in Ireland has called for both sides in the dispute at the ADM chemical plant in Co Cork to resume discussions.

THE greater Cork harbour basin is home to many multinational companies. In the main, they tend to be pharmaceutical/chemical-based companies which have been enjoying industrial peace and harmony within their workforces for many a year.

Sean O’Riordan

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