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No oral hearing for Aughinish protesters with decision due on rock-blasting proposal

AN BORD Pleanala has refused a request for an oral hearing into the proposal to develop a borrow pit at Aughinish Alumina. The request for a hearing was lodged by a local protester, Pat Geoghegan, who hoped to get one similar to the hearing that ...

14 Jul 2018 at 14:00

Local News

EPA probing 'caustic spill' Aughinish Alumina in Limerick

THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency has launched an investigation after a “procedural and operational failure” caused the spillage of a caustic substance at Aughinish Alumina in early February. The EPA received a complaint on February 8, in ...

23 Feb 2018 at 06:01

Planning

Limerick farmer calls for public hearing over Aughinish 'blasting' plans

A WEST Limerick farmer has appealed the planning decision for a controversial borrow pit project at Aughinish Alumina. Pat Geoghegan submitted the appeal to An Bord Pleanala on behalf of his group, the Cappagh Farmers Support Group, ...

18 Mar 2018 at 14:00

Business

Russian owner of Limerick's Aughinish parent company feels pinch of US sanctions

THE Russian owner of the company that holds the controlling stake in Aughinish Alumina in West Limerick is reportedly feeling the direct effect of US sanctions. Oleg Deripaska, the billionaire owner of Rusal, Aughinish Alumina’s ...

11 May 2018 at 10:07

Business

Supply chain pressures ease at Limerick's Aughinish after relaxing of sanctions

CONCERN over the future of the 450 jobs at Aughinish Alumina in Limerick eased a little over the past week following the decision by the US to extend the deadline for companies to wind up business with Rusal from June to late ...

06 May 2018 at 14:00

Local News

Concerns over impact of dredging on Shannon Estuary

A newly established group that claims to represent farmers, fishermen and residents along the Shannon Estuary has warned that proposed dredging of the area around the Aughinish jetty could have “serious adverse effects on ...

27 Aug 2016 at 10:00

Planning

WATCH: US expert calls for probe into Aughinish plant in Limerick

A US EXPERT in environmental chemistry has called for an independent investigation into Aughinish Alumina after a visit to west Limerick. Dr Paul Connett was in the county to speak at a Limerick Against Pollution meeting ...

18 Jun 2017 at 10:53

Planning

Red mud fears in West Limerick as Aughinish Alumina plans rock 'blasting'

THE PLANNING application process is underway for Aughinish Alumina to build a borrow pit in Aughinish island to extract rock for use in the plant’s operations. But some locals fear that such disturbance to the ground ...

04 Jun 2017 at 15:00

Local News

Industrial action at major Limerick plant is averted

STRIKE action at Aughinish Alumina has been averted less than 36 hours before it was scheduled to begin. The industrial action by 126 members of the Unite trade union over pay and allowances has now been suspended ...

24 Oct 2019 at 15:00

Business

Russian owner of Limerick's Aughinish Alumina to keep control of company despite US deal

THE BILLIONAIRE Russian owner of Aughinish Alumina’s parent company, Rusal, has no plans to let go of the company, despite the fact that the US has said that sanctions would be eased if he sold his share. Oleg ...

27 Apr 2018 at 10:58

Business

Russia tensions ‘shouldn’t affect’ trade at Aughinish Alumina in Limerick

DIPLOMATIC relations between Russia and the West are now the coolest they have been since the Cold War, and recent international controversies have loomed large over Limerick’s links to Russian trade. In the ...

06 Apr 2018 at 14:00

Adare/Askeaton

US sanctions ‘wreak havoc’ and threaten 900 jobs at Limerick plant

DONALD Trump’s trade sanctions on Russia have “wreaked havoc” on a County Limerick company which has been left in a state of “chaos, panic and confusion” and with reportedly less than two months worth of ...

19 Apr 2018 at 19:00

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