A tribunal has found that the owners of Tara Mines in Co Meath were disproportionate in hiring a private investigator to place an injured worker under covert surveillance for a 13-day period.

New lease terms have been agreed by Tara Mines’ Swedish owners and the Government.

TARA Mines has won a Supreme Court order allowing it exclude up to 80 disabled former miners with the company from certain substantial pension benefits made available to existing employees.