Ireland: Gyproc did not monitor collapsed County Monaghan quarry

摘要

Gyproc has confirmed that it did not carry out subsidence monitoring on a disused County Monaghan gypsum mine that damaged community buildings and sports fields when it collapsed in September 2018. The company revised its position on the checks made after a 'fresh and detailed analysis of records' that appears to have been promoted by an investigation by the Irish Independent. The newspaper reported that, having recorded a slowing of subsidence to millimetres per year, the company decided that six monthly monitoring, the norm in the area according to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, was unnecessary.