Person: Brockovich

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Erin Brockovich warns of ‘toxins in Irish water’

A toxin found in water supplying 400,000 people can cause miscarriages as well as cancer, environment campaigner, Erin Brockovich has warned her “Irish cousins”.

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Berkeley construction company files restraining order

The company behind the construction of the Berkeley apartment complex where six Irish students died in a balcony collapse last month has filed for a restraining order against the district attorney investigating the tragedy.

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Erin Brockovich offers to help families with Berkeley case

US activist Erin Brockovich has offered her assistance to the victims of last week’s balcony collapse in Berkeley and their families.

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Opinion divided on Brockovich legacy

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Questions over Brockovich claims following fresh cancer study

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Hollywood A-listers to shoot spy thriller in capital

US campaigner urges Shell to reroute pipeline

Erin Brockovich, the campaigner immortalised in an Oscar-winning film, today urged oil giant Shell to reroute a controversial gas pipeline in the west of Ireland.

Fri, 19 Sep, 2008

The law file clerk who took on an energy giant... and won

ERIN Brockovich grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, the youngest child of an industrial engineer and a journalist.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2008

Chemical link to Erin Brockovich

ARGUABLY the most toxic substance found at the former Irish Steel site in Cork is chromium 6, a deadly chemical which became the focus of a multi-million dollar lawsuit in America and later the subject of an Oscar-winning film.

Fri, 27 Jun, 2008

Brockovich sued over wiretap

A FORMER employee has sued US environmental crusader and movie subject Erin Brockovich and the head of her law firm for allegedly wiretapping her phone after she filed a sexual harassment complaint against Ms Brockovich’s boss, lawyer Edward Masry.

Wed, 24 Mar, 2004

Erin Brockovich works another Hollywood case

The legal team of Ed Masry and Erin Brockovich, whose investigations into corporate toxic pollution led to the hit film Erin Brockovich, are working on another case which has aroused Hollywood’s interest.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2003

Erin Brockovich set for more challenges

The real-life Erin Brockovich is to begin her new career as America's version of Anneka Rice.

Sun, 09 Dec, 2001

Lawyer jailed for trying to extort cash from Brockovich

A lawyer who tried to extort $310,000 from Erin Brockovich and her boss has been sentenced to four months in jail.

Sun, 20 May, 2001

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