HAULBOWLINE Island was the site of Ireland’s only steel plant.

FARMERS have warned that toxic waste remains at the massive Aughinish Alumina plant in west Limerick could end up as tomorrow’s Haulbowline toxic dump unless action is taken now.

YESTERDAY’S announcement that the Government has set a two-and-a-half year deadline to clean up the toxic dump at Haulbowline in Cork Harbour must be welcomed.

THE Government has been given three months to take action to clean up the toxic waste site in Haulbowline or be taken to court by the European Commission.

A LEADING road building company confirmed last night that it used material from the toxic Haulbowline site for several projects in Cork.

THE projected cost of cleaning up the former Irish Steel/Ispat site in Cork Harbour has rocketed in recent years, from an estimated €30 million in 2004 to €300m today.

THE Naval Service has long had concerns about the environmental impact of the former steel site on Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour.

RESIDENTS have warned the Government they must be consulted on plans for the tourist, residential and commercial development of the former Irish Ispat steelworks in Cork harbour.

BRITISH-BASED tycoon Lakshmi Mittal announced a dip in profits for the world’s largest steelmaker yesterday after prices softened and raw material costs rose.

AROUND 400 former workers at Irish Steel have received a pre-Christmas payout, while major creditors should get an estimated 20% of the €30 million they are owed.

THE last owners of Irish Steel, who have refused to pay the clean-up costs of their former Irish site, are set to form the world’s largest steel company in a €14 billion deal.

WORKERS at a new storage facility for the Navy next to a former steelworks face no risk from toxic materials at the latter site, the service insisted yesterday.

THE end cost to the taxpayer of the former Irish Ispat steel plant in Cork Harbour may be as high as €70 million, the Green Party said last night.

THE economy received a major boost yesterday with news that more than 370 jobs are being created by two international companies in Galway and Cork.

THE Irish taxpayer is about to be handed a poisoned chalice — an island property with a clean-up bill likely to cost tens of millions of euro.

THE life of a worker who died in a fire at the Irish Ispat steel plant last year could have been saved if bosses had paid the 15,000 needed to improve safety, a former official said last night.

Staff at Irish Ispat in Cork are meeting to discuss their next course of action, after the steel plant's parent company rejected a rescue package.

A package of measures has been agreed between management and unions at Ispat in Cork, which could lead to the plant being re-opened.

The junior Minister for Labour has reiterated that the Government is still hopeful that the 400 jobs at Ispat steel plant in Cork may be saved.

Four hundred workers at the Irish Ispat steel plant in Cork to discuss the shock announcement that the company is shutting down its operation.

The Trade Union SIPTU representing the workers at the ISPAT steel plant in Cork are to meet with management of the company following the closure of the

Ireland was hit by its third jobs blow in three days tonight with the announcement that the Irish Ispat steel-manufacturing works in Cork are to close with 400 redundancies.

The Ispat Steel Company has taken out full page newspaper advertisements to assure the public that the radioactive material contained in the burnt-out building is safe.