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# Fertiliser

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# Courts
Jail for IRA man caught with half-tonne of fertiliser in van as he headed to 'drinking session'
He was sentenced to four-and-a-half years imprisonment for IRA membership on Thursday.
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Mar 18th 2017, 7:30 AM
# Texas
Tragedies sparked by fertiliser explosions around the world
In 1947, another explosion in Texas claimed 581 lives and is considered the deadliest industrial accident in US history.
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Apr 19th 2013, 8:00 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Apr 18th 2013, 4:52 PM
# Texas
VIDEO: Live local TV news coverage of the Texas explosion
Watch live video from the local CBS affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth as it covers the explosion at a chemical plant in West.
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Apr 18th 2013, 7:21 AM
# Texas
Several killed, and over 100 injured, in explosion at Texas fertiliser plant
A fertiliser plant in West, Texas, exploded following a fire – damaging buildings several blocks away.
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Apr 18th 2013, 7:12 AM
Voices
Column: Make no mistake - it is time to make beef-eating taboo
Being a regular steak consumer should be considered more environmentally egregious than being an SUV driver, writes Frank Armstrong.
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Jul 29th 2012, 6:30 PM
# Kenya
Fertiliser bomb blamed for Kenyan blast
The FBI has joined the investigation into the blast, which ripped through a building full of small shops, wounding 33 people yesterday.
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May 29th 2012, 4:38 PM
Voices
Column: We should be wary of GM foods, if the past has taught us anything
In the past received wisdom was to blanket our fields in chemicals, writes Walter Ryan-Purcell – so what does that tell us for today?
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Apr 9th 2012, 6:00 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Government may ban smoking in cars, man charged over assault on Irishman in Canberra, and the fishy tale of some Christchurch quake survivors…
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Jul 27th 2011, 8:32 AM
# explosives
Two men still being questioned over large explosives find
The arrests took place at a bomb-making factory manufacturing weapons for a dissident republican faction, according to reports.
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Jun 27th 2011, 8:30 AM
# Pong
Monaghan factory ordered to close because of foul pong
The smell from the factory, manufacturing fertiliser pellets, could be detected half-a-mile away.
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Jun 20th 2011, 2:04 PM