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Death charge launched

Two construction executives have this month pleaded not guilty to 14 charges, following the death of a County Down teenager on his first day at work on a construction site. Leslie Wright from Wrig...

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Problems pile up for carpet showroom

Fire Appliances from Coleraine, Portrush, Ballymoney and Portstewart tackled a potentially hazardous fire at a carpet showroom in the early hours of 15 September 2007. Police are currently investig...

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Cost of absenteeism is making employers sick

Tackling absenteeism can be a major factor in an organisation's success, a Belfast conference was told this month. Delegates gathered in the city on 6 September to explore ways of dealing with the...

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DARD feeling blue over latest outbreak

Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew has briefed the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) on the response to the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak in En...

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Safety week to lighten the load

Northern Ireland is gearing up for this year's European Week for Safety and Health at Work, which will run from 22 - 26 October 2007. It will focus on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), which are th...

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New Health & Safety at Work Regulations

On 14 September 2007, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) published the Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Subst...

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Hey Preseco!

An innovative way of dealing with the lorry loads of sludge waste produced at sewage treatment plants is this month being demonstrated to the Environment and Heritage Service

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Newry gets wood recycling facility

A new recycling facility capable of processing thousands of tonnes of waste has been officially opened in Newry, County Down. Environment Minister Arlene Foster was on hand to open Urban Forest Lt...

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Civic amenity sites to be manned

Fermanagh District Council has this month begun manning some of its civic amenity sites around the county, in an effort to tackle the problem of unapproved waste being dumped at the skip sites. Ou...

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You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn wind project!

For many years wind power has taken the Quinn Group ahead in the renewable energy stakes, with wind farms already operational on the Fermanagh/Cavan border. However this month their latest more am...

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Record waste fine reduced

Hugh Corey of Dundrod, County Antrim, who received a record fine in July 2007 for breaches of waste legislation, has seen his original sentence reduced. Corey's fine of £160,000 has been cut to £8...

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Van Dalen rocks waste industry

The Environment Agency has this month called for more powers to tackle "waste cheats" after the sector racked up more large fines than any other regulated industry in 2006....

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WEEE want you!

The Environment Agency has warned there will be no more "Mr Nice Guy" for those involved in the trade of electrical or electronic goods who are failing to meet their obligat...

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Opportunity knocked

It has been rumoured this month that Scotland could miss a crucial deadline for dealing with waste, according to the country's public sector watchdog. The Accounts Commission for Scotland has calle...

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Packaging fine plaiced on importer

Fish importer and distributor Polarfrost Seafoods Ltd has been fined a total of £23,644 at Grimsby Magistrates' Court for failing its environmental duty for at least two years. The court was told t...

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