Farmers today accused a Dáil committee of double standards after it refused to tackle complaints about toxic red mud ponds in Limerick.

AN MEP last night expressed concern about the results of an environmental audit into a major factory in Limerick.

An MEP tonight expressed concern about the results of a environmental audit into a major factory in Limerick.

A GROUP of farmers have raised concerns about the recent spillage of 50,000 litres of caustic soda at the Aughinish Alumina plant with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

A WEST Limerick anti- pollution group has told the EPA it has no confidence in the agency to properly monitor the giant Aughinish Alumina plant which recently reported a spillage of around 50,000 litres of caustic soda.

Animals are still experiencing mysterious infertility and breathing problems in parts of West Limerick, it was claimed tonight.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will come under pressure today to order an independent investigation into how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a licence to the Aughinish Alumina plant.

A MUD stack beside the Aughinish Alumina factory in Limerick is to be discussed by the Dáil environment committee.

THE Labour Party's Agriculture spokesperson Dr Mary Upton last night called for a spate of mysterious health problems in Limerick to be investigated again.

ANGRY residents in a Co Limerick area plagued by environmental scares yesterday demanded a breakdown of the money spent investigating the problem.

THE Department of Agriculture has been criticised for calling in the gardaí to help them move a dead animal hit with a mysterious cancer at a farm in Askeaton, Co Limerick, where more than 800 animals have died inexplicably in the area in the last decade.

EUROPE’S largest aluminium plant must follow proposed new environmental rules, a farmers’ group warned yesterday.

THE cloud of mystery surrounding unexplained animal deaths and human health problems in a Co Limerick farming community has deepened amid alarming claims that the area is now a cancer hotspot.

THERE were 55 deaths from cancer - three times the national average - in a small area of Co Limerick where residents claim industrial pollution has harmed public health.

INDUSTRIAL pollution may have been partly responsible for hundreds of unexplained animal deaths in Limerick, according to a report commissioned by the IFA.

A STATE review of claims that cancer rates are three times higher than normal in west Limerick still hasn't produced findings one year after it was established.

FARMERS in an area of West Limerick plagued by health scares are angry they have been refused a breakdown of the €5.32 million spent on an enquiry into the problem.