Clean-up of former Irish Steel plant could cost €30m

THE cost of decontaminating the former Irish Steel plant is estimated to be in the region of €30 million. But that could rise depending on what’s discovered during a major investigation expected to get underway this autumn.

Estimates at present which are based on best-case scenario are that it could take two-and-a-half years to complete the clean-up.

Cork County Council, acting on behalf of the Department of the Environment, has advertised for consultant engineers and expects to be in a position to send them into Haulbowline within the next two or three months.