THE Department of the Environment is expected to release the final report on a toxic dump in Cork harbour on October 20.

BRITISH civil engineering consultancy firm White Young Green (WYG), which employs about 700 people in its Irish operations, has reported a strong set of full-year results for the 12 months to the end of June, including a 31% rise in pre-tax profits to £21 million (€26.5m).

A PROBE is under way into allegations that contaminated material from the toxic Haulbowline site was used to build roads.

RESIDENTS living near the Haulbowline toxic dump have taken water samples for analysis amid rising health fears.

CELEBRITY solicitor Gerald Kean vowed last night to get answers for men involved in the Haulbowline Island toxic waste clean-up.

SIX route options for a €1 billion 90km superhighway between Cork and Limerick have been unveiled.

THE Department of the Environment has appointed consultants to carry out an immediate risk assessment of the Irish Steel plant after it emerged that the amount of toxic waste there was higher than previously believed.

An independent investigation is to be carried out into the waste controversy surrounding the site of a former steel plant in Co Cork.

WHITE YOUNG GREEN IRELAND has appointed Elizabeth Muldowney as principal energy consultant. She joins the company — which acts as a consultant to the civil engineering sector — from Sustainable Energy Ireland.

WHITE Young Green (WYG), the civil engineering consultancy group with its headquarters in Leeds, is open to making further acquisitions in the Irish market — having significantly expanded its operations here over the past year.

WHITE Young Green, the British civil engineering consultancy group, has snapped up Independent Transport Consultants — which trades as Savell, Bird and Axon (SBA) — for £18 million (€26.5m).

WHITE Young Green (WYG), the British headquartered civil engineering consultancy group, has said that its Irish operations contributed strongly to the group’s interim results for the six months to the end of December.

ENVIRONMENTAL engineers moved onto the site of the former Irish Steel factory on Haulbowline Island in Cobh, Co Cork, yesterday to begin the largest industrial clean-up in the history of the State.

A plan has been drawn up to restore a Limerick waterway to its former glory.

Companies reporting in Britain in the week beginning February 24 include: