A company responsible for a fatal gas explosion has been fined a paltry £2 after being convicted of breaching health and safety law.
A factory worker was killed and three others received ser...
Environment Minister Phil Woolas has warned that many firms should be preparing for an important new stage in chemicals management, namely the pre-registration process under Regulation EC
The European Parliament has voted to approve the revised Waste Framework Directive, meaning it should soon become law. The revised Directive will require Member States to achieve a 50% re-use and...
South West Water have been fined a total of £11,250 for polluting a stream with sewage. A case was brought by the Environment Agency after a member of the public saw waste...
Two fly-tippers who ran a thriving business dumping more than 14,000 tonnes of waste at sites around London were jailed this month for a total of three years. Between 1 January 2003 and 6 June 2004...
Conservationists are calling for a ban on mass balloon releases because birds and mammals are dying from eating discarded balloons. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says organisers of balloon...
A dairy processor, Glanbia Cheese Ltd, has been fined £100,000 after pleading guilty to two health and safety breaches.
The company was charged by the Health and Safety E...
Former Environment Minister Arlene Foster has revealed that Northern Ireland Water (NIW) was responsible for 261 pollution incidents in the first nine months of its operatio...
A 100-metre exclusion zone was set up in the docks area of Belfast on 9 June 2008, after what police described as a "chemical reaction involving hazardous materials." The emergency services were a...
A County Armagh farmer claims that sewage from a Northern Ireland Water (NIW) treatment plant has killed two of his cows.
The beef farmer, Raymond Douglas, insists h...
A cross-border conference in Monaghan heard that the agricultural sector continues to have a poor safety record with news that there have been 16 fatal farm accidents on the island this year.
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A Downpatrick construction company is making sure that its employees look after their skin as the summer fast approaches. The Polly Group has joined with a local pharmacy chain in an initiative to...
UK workers can still work more than 48 hours a week after a new agreement on both an amendment of the Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC and a proposed Ag...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have this month warned vehicle repair and maintenance engineers of the dangers of working under vehicles, after Dennis Eagle Limited, a...
An accident which saw a chef in a Manchester restaurant suffer serious burns to his foot has cost his employers a total of £14,584. The chef slipped as he stood on greasy kitchen equipment to...
