Person: Pat Geoghegan

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Limerick farmers fear new toxic dump

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.

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EU committee to press ahead with probe into Aughinish pollution claims

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Farmers angry at council’s plans for more toxic waste

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Farmers hit out at Aughinish plant expansion

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Govt refuses to investigate waste facility

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MEP attacks watchdog over Alumnia audit

MEP attacks watchdog over alumina plant safety audit

An MEP tonight expressed concern about the results of a environmental audit into a major factory in Limerick.

Thu, 13 Oct, 2005

Call for Aughinish licence probe

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will come under pressure today to order an independent investigation into how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a licence to the Aughinish Alumina plant.

Fri, 12 Nov, 2004

Pond fears ‘should be heard’

FARMERS in Askeaton, Co Limerick who are plagued by human and animal health problems should be allowed make their case before the Dáil Committee on Marine and Natural Resources, according to a Labour senator.

Fri, 26 Mar, 2004

Askeaton inquiry 'must be reopened'

THE Labour Party's Agriculture spokesperson Dr Mary Upton last night called for a spate of mysterious health problems in Limerick to be investigated again.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2004

PAC urged to reopen Askeaton case

ANGRY residents in a Co Limerick area plagued by environmental scares yesterday demanded a breakdown of the money spent investigating the problem.

Tue, 02 Dec, 2003

Experts dismiss residents’ claims of cancer rates

HEALTH experts last night rejected claims from people living in Co Limerick who believe industrial pollution is causing cancer.

Tue, 30 Sep, 2003

Anger over ‘heavy-handed’ removal of cow

THE Department of Agriculture has been criticised for calling in the gardaí to help them move a dead animal hit with a mysterious cancer at a farm in Askeaton, Co Limerick, where more than 800 animals have died inexplicably in the area in the last decade.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2003

Residents assured on cancer rate

IN the course of a letter concerning cancer in the Cappagh/Croagh area of Co Limerick (Irish Examiner, August 12), Pat Geoghegan refers to data from the National Cancer Registry which was supplied to the Mid Western Health Board (MWHB).

Sat, 16 Aug, 2003

Askeaton group takes issue with doctor’s findings

YOU published a letter entitled ’Health Board rejects Askeaton cancer claims’ (Irish Examiner, July 23) from Dr Kevin Kelleher, Director of Public Health in the Mid Western Health Board.

Tue, 12 Aug, 2003

Group insists plant pay carbon energy tax

EUROPE’S largest aluminium plant must follow proposed new environmental rules, a farmers’ group warned yesterday.

Wed, 06 Aug, 2003

Cancer kills 55 in two-mile radius

THERE were 55 deaths from cancer - three times the national average - in a small area of Co Limerick where residents claim industrial pollution has harmed public health.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2003

Martin rejects call for inquiry into how blood went missing

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin has rejected a call to investigate how blood taken from a Limerick family was lost by the health authorities.

Thu, 29 May, 2003

Family urge inquiry into lost blood samples

A FAMILY plagued by illness will today meet the minister for health to demand an inquiry into how their blood samples were lost by the health authorities.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2003

Martin refuses lost samples inquiry

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin is refusing to launch an inquiry into how vital pathology samples belonging to a west Limerick family were mislaid by Mid Western Health Board (MWHB).

Tue, 19 Nov, 2002

Opposition joins push for probe into tests

OPPOSITION parties last night called on Minister for Health Micheál Martin to launch an inquiry into how pathology samples that could have explained mysterious health problems in Co Limerick went missing.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2002

Call for probe into loss of blood samples

GREEN Party leader Trevor Sargent last night called for an investigation

Thu, 14 Nov, 2002

Lack of progress on cancer review

A STATE review of claims that cancer rates are three times higher than normal in west Limerick still hasn't produced findings one year after it was established.

Tue, 01 Oct, 2002

Farmers seek details of €5m spent on cancer inquiry

FARMERS in an area of West Limerick plagued by health scares are angry they have been refused a breakdown of the €5.32 million spent on an enquiry into the problem.

Wed, 18 Sep, 2002

Pollution linked to health

CONCERNED residents in an area in Limerick plagued by unexplained environmental problems and ill health want the State to examine a similar phenomenon in Australia.

Tue, 09 Jul, 2002