Announcement ‘imminent’ on use of Irish Steel site

EXACTLY 10 years ago, the steel industry died in Cork Harbour leaving a toxic legacy which, according to a government TD, is about to be finally resolved.

Irish Ispat, formally Irish Steel, ceased trading on June 15, 2001 with the loss of 450 jobs.

Some of the workers there had spent a lifetime in the plant at Haulbowline.