Press cuttings relating or referring to Timothy Looney.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianPress cuttings from the Cork Examiner, Hibernia, In Dublin, Irish Times, Sunday Independent and unidentified newspapers, relating to toxic waste. Topics include asbestos; radioactive waste; concerns over the Eli Lilly biopharmaceutical plant in Cork; toxic hazards of industry; transport of ammonia by rail and road through populated areas; toxic waste dumps; Nitrogen Éireann Teoranta (NET) fertilizer factories in Cork and Arklow; fish kill at Mitchelstown following the release of 5000 gallons of toxic waste into the Gradogue and Funcheon Rivers in 1980; and the discharge of domestic effluent from Midleton into Cork Harbour in 1980. In four folders.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusPress cuttings relating to trade union history.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianPress cuttings and photocopies of press cuttings from the Donegal Democrat, Evening Herald, Irish Independent and Irish Times relating to uranium mining in Donegal and the activities of the Donegal Uranium Committee (DUC). In two folders.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusFile containing mainly press cuttings with articles on the work of Kate O’Brien in the Yorkshire Post, Sunday Independent Magazine, Irish Times, Irish Press, Irish Illustrated and Ham and High, together with a series of images of Kate O’Brien. Includes a photocopy of an article by Tamsin Hargreaves dated 1983 entitled ‘Kate O’Brien’ with handwritten amendments.
O'Brien, Kate (1897-1974), writerPress release by SLP, welcoming with reservations the decision of the Government to hold a public inquiry into the proposal to establish a nuclear power station.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusPress release by the Commission of the European Communities concerning financial support from the Commission for uranium prospection in the Community.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusPhotocopy of a press release by DUC, outlining the group’s aims and the reasons for its formation.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusPress release outlining inaccuracies in a report by the Institute of Engineers of Ireland favouring the development of nuclear power in Ireland.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusPress release relating to a speech entitled ‘The Nuclear Threat to Health and the Environment’ by Dermot Boucher, Vice-Chairperson of SLP, at a public meeting in Dublin on 23 April 1980.
Dalby, Simon, Professor Emeritus