Harbour toxic dump may be safe by 2015

A toxic dump in Cork harbour could be made safe by late-2015 or early-2016, according to the head of a team working on the project.

The toxic dump was discovered on the East Tip site on Haulbowline Island in 2007.

It contained heavy metals and traces of the highly carcinogenic Chromium 6.

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