Irish Steel logo, as used in the 1960s and 1970s. The motto is Irish for "[There is] no strength without steel."
Trade name
Irish Steel
Native name
Cruach na hÉireann Teoranta[1]
Company type
Semi-state company
Industry
Steel production
Founded
1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Defunct
2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Successor
Irish Ispat
Headquarters
Haulbowline, Cork Harbour,
Ireland
Products
Sheet steel
Tinplate
Owners
Private owner (1939–47)
Irish government (1947–96)
Ispat International (1996–2001)
Number of employees
450[2] (2001)
Irish Steel Limited (Irish: Cruach na hÉireann Teoranta),[1] later known as Irish Ispat Limited, was an Irish semi-state company which was involved in steel production primarily from a plant on Haulbowline island in Cork Harbour. Originally founded in 1939, the company and its assets were sold to Ispat International (for IR£1) in 1996. The company and its plant closed down in 2001.
Dumping of production materials, including toxic waste, resulted in significant contamination of the Irish Steel plant site, and increased the size of Haulbowline island by 9 hectares (22 acres). Campaigners, including Erin Brockovich, pushed for action by the state,[3][4] and €61m was allocated to clean-up the site and to redevelop it as a park.[5][6] The cleanup and redevelopment project lasted upwards of a decade; from 2011 to 2021.[7]
^ ab"An tAcht um Ghabháltais Chruach na hÉireann Teoranta (Leasú), 1979". acts.ie (in Irish). Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 4 June 2021. ciallaíonn 'an Chuideachta' Cruach na hÉireann Teoranta
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^"Brockovich backs Cork residents over waste fears". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^"Environmental campaigners concerned over Haulbowline Island clean-up". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^"€61m clean-up of Haulbowline Island behind target and spending". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^"€61m for Haulbowline 'not enough' to convert old steel plant to public amenity". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^"Haulbowline Island Remediation Project". corkcoco.ie. Cork County Council. Retrieved 3 June 2021. The Latest News section of this website provides an outline of the various project milestones
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