The relatives of 50 persons who died in the Whiddy Island Disaster are applying to the High Court for rectification of the victims’ death certificates.

Visitor numbers at one of the country’s newest and most original visitor attractions have more than doubled expectations during its first year in operation.

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Insurers paid €15m to a Cork chemical company following an explosion at its plant four years ago, it emerged yesterday at the sentencing hearing in a health and safety case.

An explosion that killed one employee and seriously injured another at a chemical plant was described as one of the worst in the history of the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland.