Asbestos to blame for accountant’s death
A retired accountant died from industrial disease linked to exposure to asbestos, an inquest has heard...
Year: 2016
How IRA’s Manchester Arndale bomb is still taking lives 20 years on
The real 'ticking time bomb' left by the IRA is still taking lives 20 years on from the terror atrocity of 1996...
Woman’s death caused by washing asbestos-covered overalls
A pensioner who used to wash her husband's asbestos-covered overalls died as the result of an industrial disease, an inquest heard...
Twenty building sites sent material containing asbestos
Twenty building sites in Co Wicklow and Dublin were supplied with material contaminated with a cancer-causing mineral from a local quarry...
Lethal asbestos is present in 70,000 Housing Executive Northern Ireland homes
The cancer-causing fibres are present in nearly three-quarters of dwellings, figures have revealed. The details emerged after a Freedom of Information request...
Bid to rid asbestos from 337 Worcestershire schools blocked after “silent killer” claim rejected
An attempt to get asbestos removed from all of Worcestershire's schools has been rejected - after council chiefs said it would result in "mass" closures...
Asbestos, lung health and you
Exposure to asbestos can lead to several different illnesses that are sure to affect your lung health...
Appeal for information after family man dies from asbestos-related cancer
A retired lift engineer's son is working with solicitors to help discover how his father was exposed to asbestos...