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Will development Causeway too much pollution?

It has emerged that Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE NI) officials were warned three years ago that a private development at the Giant's Causeway coul...

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HSENI stats reveal 21% reduction

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) has this month released its Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, covering the period April 2006 to March 20...

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Construction company courting controversy

McGreevy Construction Limited was fined a total of £22,500 on 11 October 2007 at Belfast Crown Court, after pleading guilty to numerous breaches of health and safety regulations. The court case fol...

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Farmer dies in tragic accident

The eldest brother of a 57 year old farmer who fell 14ft to his death at his family farm in Moneymore almost four years ago has described the moment he found his fatally injured brother. Stewart Mc...

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Farmers told to remain vigilant

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has this month reminded farmers in Northern Ireland to remain vigilant for the signs of Bluetongue disease. They...

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Can you dig it?

Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) have launched a new safety information campaign "Think before you dig", to raise awareness of safe working practices around the electricity network for anyone in...

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Asbestos seminars

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI), in conjunction with Build Health, are running two half day seminars at Ballymena's NE Institute on Tuesday 11 December and Omagh's FE...

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Charges watered down

It was announced on Monday 22 October 2007, that Northern Ireland householders are going to have to pay water charges, but they have been postponed for another year. The charges will be phased in...

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DoE to get tough on environmental foes

The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE) has been urged this month to take a tougher approach towards hardcore offenders. Illegal dumpers and problems w...

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Treatment works drag Dundrum from the doldrums

Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy officially opened a new state-of-the-art upgraded wastewater treatment works in Dundrum this month. The new Northern Ireland Water (NIW) facility, which i...

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Climate changes considered

With the approval of the UK's Climate Change Bill fast approaching, it has raised the question as to whether Northern Ireland needs its own specific climate change legislation. The introduction of...

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Fine for food company

County Tyrone chicken product processors Moy Park Ltd were fined £6,000 on 24 October 2007 at Craigavon Magistrates' Court, for two water pollution offences.

These offences first came to li...

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HSE warns about transport risks

The transport industry continues to have one of the worst records for major injuries as a result of falls from vehicles during the loading and unloading of goods. Figures released by the

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Forklift focus!

As readers of our Monthly Bulletins, you will no doubt have noticed over the course of the year that cases of accidents at work involving forklift trucks have been on the increase. In 2007 alone,...

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Investigation into death at LNG terminal

An in-depth investigation is currently underway into the death of a worker at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pembrokeshire. Seven men were rescued in the incident at South Hook LNG in Mi...

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