A ‘dust cloud’ which covered suburban areas on the southside of Limerick city has led to the Environmental Protection Authority investigating an Irish Cement plant at Mungret.

CRH is not expected to buy further assets to be disposed of by European cement giant LafargeHolcim.

The Socialist Workers' Party is to stage a protest tomorrow at the offices of construction giant Cement Roadstone Holdings to highlight what it deems the company's part in the building of the Israeli wall through the West Bank.